When I ran the apt-get inside strace, it was killed by SIGSEGV and left the three dpkg-deb processes orphans. Those three processes seem to be trying to unpack the same file. Why am I getting three processes? I tried to capture the unpacking on another debian computer and it only seems to have one.
David David said: > The root (var) partition has lots of space (only 4% used). I think there > is a problem with unpacking. Is there a package besides dpkg involved in > unpacking? > > David > > s. keeling said: >> Incoming from David Hattery: >>> >>> About 90 percent of the time apt-get install hangs while unpacking. >>> This >>> requires a ctl_c to stop, and a dpkg --configure -a before retrying. >>> >>> There are 4 related processes so I am wondering if my setup is starting >>> too many. Example from on a reinstall after an aborted try (ps ax): >>> >>> 4839 pts/0 S 0:00 apt-get --reinstall install gimp1.2 >>> 4849 pts/0 S 0:00 /usr/bin/dpkg --unpack >>> /var/cache/apt/archives/gimp1.2_1.2.3-2_i386.deb >>> 4856 pts/0 S 0:00 dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile >>> /var/cache/apt/archives/gimp1.2_1.2.3-2_i386.deb >>> 4857 pts/0 S 0:00 dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile >>> /var/cache/apt/archives/gimp1.2_1.2.3-2_i386.deb >>> 4858 pts/0 S 0:00 dpkg-deb --fsys-tarfile >>> /var/cache/apt/archives/gimp1.2_1.2.3-2_i386.deb >> >> Are you running out of space in /var? >> >> >> -- >> Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. >> (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling >> - - >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
