This is similar to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=589487 and
a suggestion in the audit trail for that bug also works for icinga-idoutils.
When I changed the postinst script to add 3>&-, I was able to complete the
upgrade and reconfigure without it hanging.
Diff attached.
--- icinga-idoutils.postinst.orig 2012-01-17 19:57:05.000000000 -0500
+++ icinga-idoutils.postinst 2012-01-17 19:49:06.000000000 -0500
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
if [ -x "/etc/init.d/ido2db" ]; then
update-rc.d ido2db defaults 35 20 >/dev/null
if [ -x "`which invoke-rc.d 2>/dev/null`" ]; then
- invoke-rc.d ido2db start || exit $?
+ invoke-rc.d ido2db start 3>&- || exit $?
else
- /etc/init.d/ido2db start || exit $?
+ /etc/init.d/ido2db start 3>&- || exit $?
fi
fi
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