After aptitude hanged again I did a backtrace with the same results as posted in my last mail. Additionally I did an strace:
$ sudo strace -p `pidof aptitude` Process 4041 attached - interrupt to quit futex(0x82ba9ec, FUTEX_WAIT, 1545, NULL <unfinished ...> Process 4041 detached Cheers, Bastian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]