On Sat, Jan 29, 2000 at 01:33:44PM -0700, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Chris Walker wrote: > > > The dselect method of apt hung for >20 mins when trying to remove a > > half installed version of emacs. I eventually gave up waiting. > > Re assign this bug to the specific emacs package that is hanging. It has > nothing to do with apt/dpkg
I'm afraid it does. It is apt that is hanging, not emacs (as determined by top). It hangs near "Building Dependency Tree... " though I'm afraid I can't remember exactly where. In any case, it can't be emacs[1], as invoking dpkg by hand solved the problem. Are you really, really sure that apt will realise it must first install and then remove a broken package that has been marked for removal in dselect? Chris [1] I guess it might be partly the fault of emacs, and partly my fault for getting the system in an unusual state, but I feel that apt should cope, or at least exit and suggest I try invoking dpkg manually[2]. [2] Reinstalling and then removing a broken package isn't ideal either mind you - especially using a pile of floppies taken to uni each day.
