Public bug reported: Created from Question #221018...
3.2.0-36-generic-pae on Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS. The "Unpacking replacement debootstrap ..." phase of dpkg --auto- deconfigure is hanging, no CPU or I/O currently being used: /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 47 --unpack --auto-deconfigure /var/cache/apt/archives/debootstrap_1.0.39ubuntu0.2_all.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_6.5ubuntu6.5_i386.deb No lack of disk-space: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/ubuntu-root 455G 25G 408G 6% / udev 2.0G 4.0K 2.0G 1% /dev tmpfs 792M 1004K 791M 1% /run none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock none 2.0G 404K 2.0G 1% /run/shm cgroup 2.0G 0 2.0G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/sda1 248M 83M 153M 36% /boot Here is ps aux | grep dpkg output showing dpkg-deb process marked as defunct: root 13902 0.0 1.1 50924 47288 pts/2 Ss+ 10:16 0:00 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 47 --unpack --auto-deconfigure /var/cache/apt/archives/debootstrap_1.0.39ubuntu0.2_all.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/base-files_6.5ubuntu6.5_i386.deb root 13921 0.0 0.0 0 0 pts/2 Z+ 10:17 0:00 [dpkg-deb] <defunct>' And here's a backtrace of the dpkg process from GDB: Attaching to process 13902 Reading symbols from /usr/bin/dpkg...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Reading symbols from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libselinux.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libselinux.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_compat.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_compat.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnsl.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnsl.so.1 Reading symbols from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_nis.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_nis.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_files.so.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_files.so.2 0xb774b424 in __kernel_vsyscall () (gdb) bt #0 0xb774b424 in __kernel_vsyscall () #1 0xb764833c in close () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #2 0x0804c1fd in ?? () #3 0x0806a5f9 in ?? () #4 0x0805b2ab in ?? () #5 0x0804dd56 in ?? () #6 0x0804a3f3 in ?? () #7 0xb75834d3 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 #8 0x0804a4c5 in ?? () dpkg.log: 2013-02-04 10:17:03 upgrade debootstrap 1.0.39ubuntu0.2 1.0.39ubuntu0.2 2013-02-04 10:17:03 status half-installed debootstrap 1.0.39ubuntu0.2 2013-02-04 10:56:43 status triggers-pending man-db 2.6.1-2ubuntu1 2013-02-04 10:56:43 status half-installed debootstrap 1.0.39ubuntu0.2 lsof -p 13902 lsof: WARNING: can't stat() fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon file system /home/etepsic/.gvfs Output information may be incomplete. COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME dpkg 13902 root cwd DIR 252,2 4096 2 / dpkg 13902 root rtd DIR 252,2 4096 2 / dpkg 13902 root txt REG 252,2 252032 12846081 /usr/bin/dpkg dpkg 13902 root mem REG 252,2 47040 25695094 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_files-2.15.so dpkg 13902 root mem REG 252,2 92016 25695110 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnsl-2.15.so dpkg 13902 root mem REG 252,2 30520 25695092 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_compat-2.15.so dpkg 13902 root mem REG 252,2 8748544 12852732 /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive dpkg 13902 root mem REG 252,2 13940 25695105 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libdl-2.15.so dpkg 13902 root mem REG 252,2 1730024 25695090 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.15.so dpkg 13902 root mem REG 252,2 120748 25691128 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libselinux.so.1 dpkg 13902 root mem REG 252,2 26256 12855944 /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/gconv/gconv-modules.cache dpkg 13902 root mem REG 252,2 42652 25695098 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libnss_nis-2.15.so dpkg 13902 root mem REG 252,2 134344 25695102 /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ld-2.15.so dpkg 13902 root 0u CHR 136,2 0t0 5 /dev/pts/2 dpkg 13902 root 1u CHR 136,2 0t0 5 /dev/pts/2 dpkg 13902 root 2u CHR 136,2 0t0 5 /dev/pts/2 dpkg 13902 root 3uW REG 252,2 0 25428716 /var/lib/dpkg/lock dpkg 13902 root 4w REG 252,2 4608 25430065 /var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i dpkg 13902 root 5u REG 252,2 0 25435478 /var/lib/dpkg/triggers/Lock dpkg 13902 root 6w REG 252,2 20567 25429224 /var/log/dpkg.log dpkg 13902 root 7r REG 252,2 3533 25435864 /var/lib/dpkg/diversions dpkg 13902 root 8r REG 252,2 135 25428717 /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride dpkg 13902 root 47w FIFO 0,8 0t0 394468 pipe I have tried uninstalling debootstrap, but dpkg reports that it cannot remove it: # dpkg --remove debootstrap dpkg: error processing debootstrap (--remove): Package is in a very bad inconsistent state - you should reinstall it before attempting a removal. Errors were encountered while processing: debootstrap I have tried uninstalling debootstrap, but dpkg reports that it cannot remove it. ** Affects: debootstrap (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1115465 Title: debootstrap 1.0.39ubuntu0.2 installation hangs at "Unpacking replacement debootstrap ..." phase of dpkg To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debootstrap/+bug/1115465/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs