Package: man-db Version: 2.5.6-4 Severity: normal
Additional information: running strace on the mandb process while it hangs, reveals an endles list of read(9, "", 65535) = 0 read(9, "", 65535) = 0 read(9, "", 65535) = 0 read(9, "", 65535) = 0 read(9, "", 65535) = 0 read(9, "", 65535) = 0 read(9, "", 65535) = 0 lsof -p 6733 output: COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME mandb 6733 man cwd DIR 8,1 4096 613478 /usr/share/man/ja mandb 6733 man rtd DIR 8,1 4096 2 / mandb 6733 man txt REG 8,1 177416 582133 /usr/bin/mandb mandb 6733 man mem REG 8,1 99632 662899 /usr/lib/gconv/libJIS.so mandb 6733 man mem REG 8,1 42572 496814 /lib/i686/cmov/libnss_files-2.10.2.so mandb 6733 man mem REG 8,1 38504 496817 /lib/i686/cmov/libnss_nis-2.10.2.so mandb 6733 man mem REG 8,1 79676 496834 /lib/i686/cmov/libnsl-2.10.2.so mandb 6733 man mem REG 8,1 30496 496824 /lib/i686/cmov/libnss_compat-2.10.2.so mandb 6733 man mem REG 8,1 1330784 679753 /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive mandb 6733 man mem REG 8,1 1331684 496835 /lib/i686/cmov/libc-2.10.2.so mandb 6733 man mem REG 8,1 79980 850568 /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3.4 mandb 6733 man mem REG 8,1 19788 639527 /usr/lib/libgdbm.so.3.0.0 mandb 6733 man mem REG 8,1 13624 662852 /usr/lib/gconv/EUC-JP.so mandb 6733 man mem REG 8,1 26048 662909 /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache mandb 6733 man mem REG 8,1 117416 499033 /lib/ld-2.10.2.so mandb 6733 man 0r FIFO 0,6 0t0 207126 pipe mandb 6733 man 1w FIFO 0,6 0t0 207127 pipe mandb 6733 man 2u CHR 136,0 0t0 3 /dev/pts/0 mandb 6733 man 3w FIFO 0,6 0t0 207076 pipe mandb 6733 man 4r DIR 8,1 4096 605321 /usr/share/man mandb 6733 man 5r DIR 8,1 4096 613478 /usr/share/man/ja mandb 6733 man 6u REG 8,1 18358 464335 /var/cache/man/ja/6726 mandb 6733 man 7r DIR 8,1 4096 662343 /usr/share/man/ja/man5 mandb 6733 man 9r FIFO 0,6 0t0 207128 pipe Applying a big hammer to this problem and typing rm -rf /usr/share/man/ja from another terminal, then applying control-C to the endless man-db process did, however, allow the dpkg --configure -a process to continue. I think I will survive without Japanese man-pages until the next version :-) Good luck, Jurriaan -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages man-db depends on: ii bsdmainutils 8.0.3 collection of more utilities from ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.28 Debian configuration management sy ii dpkg 1.15.5.5 Debian package management system ii groff-base 1.20.1-6 GNU troff text-formatting system ( ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-9 GNU dbm database routines (runtime ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-1 compression library - runtime man-db recommends no packages. Versions of packages man-db suggests: ii elinks [www-browser] 0.12~pre5-1+b1 advanced text-mode WWW browser ii epiphany-browser [www-bro 2.29.3-1 Intuitive GNOME web browser pn groff <none> (no description available) ii iceweasel [www-browser] 3.5.5-1 lightweight web browser based on M ii less 436-1 pager program similar to more ii w3m [www-browser] 0.5.2-2.1 WWW browsable pager with excellent -- debconf information: man-db/install-setuid: false man-db/auto-update: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
