On Mi, 2010-08-11 at 18:20 +1200, Dmitry Maksyoma wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.7.20.2+lenny2 > Severity: normal > Tags: patch > > #apt-get -s dist-upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Calculating upgrade... Done > The following packages have been kept back: > acroread-debian-files fvwm gdk-imlib11 gtk-engines-lighthouseblue libgtk1.2 > lvm2 > The following packages will be upgraded: > gzip > 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded. > Inst gzip [1.3.12-6+lenny] (1.3.12-6+lenny1 Debian:5.0.5/stable, > Debian-Security:5.0/stable) > Conf gzip (1.3.12-6+lenny1 Debian:5.0.5/stable, Debian-Security:5.0/stable) > > `yes '' | apt-get dist-upgrade' causes apt-get to block in write(2) because > nobody reads (or even has open) the pseudoterminal it writes to (since its > child, dpkg, is a zombie already). > > Please see the patch for details. Thanks.
Providing a patch against a severely outdated version is not very helpful in general (and stable is severely outdated if it's not a release critical bug; but I did not try applying it, so it may be OK in this case). Furthermore, why would someone want to do yes '' | apt-get dist-upgrade? -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
