Bug#486094: debconf: hangs on selecting show a side-by-side difference between the versions

Package: debconf Version: 1.5.22 Followup-For: Bug #486094 there diffinitely is a bug somewhere i have seen the same problem at first 100% cpu is consumed for a long time strace does not show anything but ltrace shows a lot of memcpy/memmoves: memmove(0x8a12b40, 0x8a17018, 1, 0x83407b0, 0)

Bug#486094: debconf: hangs on selecting show a side-by-side difference between the versions

Package: debconf Version: 1.5.22 Severity: normal Debconf goes into infinite loop and starts consuming all the cpu when selecting the show a side-by-side difference between the versions option from the locally modified configuration files dialog. This seems to happen with all frontends. Here's

Bug#486094: [Debconf-devel] Bug#486094: debconf: hangs on selecting show a side-by-side difference between the versions

Teemu Ikonen wrote: Debconf goes into infinite loop No, it's asked to perform a fairly complex operation, and Text::Wrap takes a long time, it does not loop forever. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#486094: [Debconf-devel] Bug#486094: debconf: hangs on selecting show a side-by-side difference between the versions

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:21:24PM -0400, Joey Hess wrote: Teemu Ikonen wrote: Debconf goes into infinite loop No, it's asked to perform a fairly complex operation, and Text::Wrap takes a long time, it does not loop forever. Are you sure? I looked at a very similar thing in #460916, and

Bug#486094: debconf: hangs on selecting show a side-by-side difference between the versions

Quoting Teemu Ikonen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Package: debconf Version: 1.5.22 Severity: normal Debconf goes into infinite loop and starts consuming all the cpu when selecting the show a side-by-side difference between the versions option from the locally modified configuration files dialog.