On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 07:24:50AM +0100, Julian Gilbey wrote: > Package: adjtimex > Version: 1.24-1 > Severity: grave > Justification: renders package uninstallable > > During the postinst phase when installing this package on this laptop, > I see the message: "Comparing clocks (this will take 70 sec)..." > and then it just hangs there for hours (literally - I left it > overnight to no avail). > > The same happens when I run adjtimexconfig from the command line. > > I don't know what else to do to help you track down the source of this > problem.
This seems to be related to bug#277298, and a workaround would be for adjtimexconfig to wrap its /dev/rtc read in some sort of timeout code in case the read hangs, just as hwclock has done. Julian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
