Bug#833189: redis-server: Update via apt or dpkg hangs

2016-08-03 Thread Chris Lamb
> Sounds like a systemd bug - systemctl should have some way of handling > a potentially non-responsive server We have no way of telling the difference between a "non-responsive server" and a Redis instance that is writing its state to disk. This is how Redis shuts down by design. This also appli

Bug#833189: redis-server: Update via apt or dpkg hangs

2016-08-03 Thread Chris Lamb
> Sounds like a systemd bug - systemctl should have some way of handling > a potentially non-responsive server We have no way of telling the difference between a "non-responsive server" and a Redis instance that is writing its state to disk. This is how Redis shuts down by design. This also appli

Bug#833189: redis-server: Update via apt or dpkg hangs

2016-08-03 Thread Mark L Kahnt
On Wed, 2016-08-03 at 17:43 +0200, Chris Lamb wrote: > Mark, > > Please retain CC's when replying, otherwise we lose history on the > bug > tracker. > > Please could you provide the output of: > >  $ ps aux > > .. and also "strace -p" (as root) of the blocked process. > > > > > Of course, rei

Bug#833189: redis-server: Update via apt or dpkg hangs

2016-08-03 Thread Chris Lamb
Mark, Please retain CC's when replying, otherwise we lose history on the bug tracker. Please could you provide the output of: $ ps aux .. and also "strace -p" (as root) of the blocked process. > Of course, reinstalling also resulted in the hang, so I'm just giving > up on it, yanking it as no

Bug#833189: redis-server: Update via apt or dpkg hangs

2016-08-01 Thread Chris Lamb
tags 833189 + unreproducible thanks > Needed to use 'killall dpkg' from a separate terminal to > recover Unfortunately, I can't reproduce this: $ wget http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20160728T163948Z/pool/main/r/redis/redis-server_3.2.1-4_amd64.deb $ wget http://snapshot.debian.or

Bug#833189: redis-server: Update via apt or dpkg hangs

2016-08-01 Thread Mark L Kahnt
Package: redis-server Version: 2:3.2.1-3 Severity: important Dear Maintainer, *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** * What led up to the situation? Normal apt full-upgrade including some Sid packages * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was ef