Package: os-prober Version: 1.63 Followup-For: Bug #680320 I see the symptom that os-prober doesn't *hang* per se, but just reads an awful lot of data.
# vgs | wc -l 5 # lvs | wc -l 76 30865 pts/16 S+ 0:08 | \_ apt-get purge linux-image-3.13-1-amd64 31039 pts/5 Ss+ 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/dpkg --abort-after=1000 --force-confmiss --status-fd 39 --force-depends --force-remove-essential --purge linux-image-3.13-1-amd64:amd64 31057 pts/5 S+ 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.13-1-amd64.postrm remove 31068 pts/5 S+ 0:00 | \_ /usr/bin/perl /var/lib/dpkg/info /linux-image-3.13-1-amd64.postrm remove 31075 pts/5 S+ 0:00 | \_ run-parts --report --exit- on-error --arg=3.13-1-amd64 --arg=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13-1-amd64 /etc/kernel/postrm.d 31082 pts/5 S+ 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh /usr/sbin/grub- mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg 31670 pts/5 S+ 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh /etc/grub.d /30_os-prober 31681 pts/5 S+ 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober 31682 pts/5 S+ 0:00 | \_ /bin/sh /usr/bin/os-prober 32029 pts/5 S+ 0:00 | | \_ /bin/sh /usr/lib/os-probes/50mounted-tests /dev/mapper/vg-lv 32193 pts/5 S+ 0:00 | | \_ /bin/sh /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90linux-distro /dev/mapper/vg-lv /var/lib /os-prober/mount tarfs 32194 pts/5 S+ 0:00 | | \_ /bin/sh /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/90linux-distro /dev/mapper/vg-lv /var/lib /os-prober/mount t 31683 pts/5 S+ 0:00 | \_ tr ^ 31684 pts/5 S+ 0:00 | \_ paste -s -d 32049 ? Rs 9:03 grub-mount /dev/mapper/vg-lv /var/lib/os- prober/mount # file -s /dev/mapper/vg-lv /dev/mapper/vg-lv: sticky POSIX tar archive (GNU) It seems to read (at least some) LVs *completely*, from start to end ... and that takes quite some time. Please provide a way to restrict probing to some subset of LVs - via a list, wildcards, or whatever else ... Thanks a lot. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_AT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_AT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages os-prober depends on: ii libc6 2.18-7 os-prober recommends no packages. os-prober suggests no packages. -- 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