Package: perl Version: 5.10.1-15 Severity: serious Justification: Breaks installation
While dist-upgrading my system today, the perl package failed to unpack/configure (transcript below) and hung for over an hour until I killed the dpkg process. After running "dpkg --configure -a" and "apt-get -f install" the package then continued to configure correctly. It looks like it was somehow stuck between unpacking and configuring. There was no response in the terminal to any keys (I tried hitting enter, but there was no response to the input, so maybe apt-get was doing something odd with termios if this wasn't a deliberate action by the perl maintainer scripts). Looking as the ps listing (below), it looks like dpkg was being run on pts/2 which wasn't an open pty in any virtual terminal while apt-get was run on pts/1. That's not typical, and may be the cause of the problem if perl was waiting on input due to a conffile change or debconf interaction. The ps listing doesn't indicate any debconf usage though. I'm afraid I can't give much more detail about the issue. This may well not be a perl-specific bug if perl's pre/postinst isn't doing any messing with ptys. In this case, it may be a bug in apt-get and/or dpkg. Regards, Roger (Reading database ... 285272 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mount 2.17.2-3.2 (using .../mount_2.17.2-3.3_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement mount ... Processing triggers for man-db ... Setting up mount (2.17.2-3.3) ... (Reading database ... 285272 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace perl-modules 5.10.1-14 (using .../perl-modules_5.10.1-15_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl-modules ... Preparing to replace perl-suid 5.10.1-14 (using .../perl-suid_5.10.1-15_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl-suid ... Preparing to replace perl 5.10.1-14 (using .../perl_5.10.1-15_amd64.deb) ... Unpacking replacement perl ... E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly 2793 pts/1 Ss 0:00 /bin/zsh 2863 pts/1 S+ 0:00 sudo apt-get dist-upgrade 2864 pts/1 S+ 0:00 apt-get dist-upgrade 3248 pts/2 Ss+ 0:01 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 18 --unpack --auto-deconfigure /var/cache/ -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.35-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages perl depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.11.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdb4.7 4.7.25-9 Berkeley v4.7 Database Libraries [ ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-9 GNU dbm database routines (runtime ii perl-base 5.10.1-15 minimal Perl system ii perl-modules 5.10.1-15 Core Perl modules ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime Versions of packages perl recommends: ii netbase 4.42 Basic TCP/IP networking system Versions of packages perl suggests: pn libterm-readline-gnu-perl | l <none> (no description available) ii make 3.81-8 An utility for Directing compilati ii perl-doc 5.10.1-14 Perl documentation -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
