Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-20 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 09:07:40AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > Quoting Chris Bannister (cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz): > > > That's obviously a problem with aptitude, I don't use it as I find > > apt-get and apt-cache do everything I need. I started using apt, but > > there is no completion, I file

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-20 Thread David Wright
Quoting Chris Bannister (cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz): > That's obviously a problem with aptitude, I don't use it as I find > apt-get and apt-cache do everything I need. I started using apt, but > there is no completion, I filed a bug, but haven't heard anything since. Teemu Ikonen appears to have

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-19 Thread seeker5528
//Is this still a work in progress? /From: Luis Finotti Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 10:03:48 -0400 Message-id: Dear all, I had a power failure while I was away and when I came back the boot failed, asking to run fsck manually, which I did. *Many* errors where fixed and I could reboot

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-17 Thread Jape Person
On 04/17/2015 07:08 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:08:15AM -0400, Jape Person wrote: On 04/14/2015 03:59 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 08:42:45AM -0400, Jape Person wrote: IIRC apt-listbugs or apt-listchanges (or both) don't work without the deb-src

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-17 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 11:08:15AM -0400, Jape Person wrote: > On 04/14/2015 03:59 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: > >On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 08:42:45AM -0400, Jape Person wrote: > >>IIRC apt-listbugs or apt-listchanges (or both) don't work without the > >>deb-src entries in /etc/apt/sources.list. > > >

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-15 Thread Jape Person
On 04/14/2015 03:59 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 08:42:45AM -0400, Jape Person wrote: IIRC apt-listbugs or apt-listchanges (or both) don't work without the deb-src entries in /etc/apt/sources.list. Works fine for me. Did you *actually* try it? It works fine for me, too -

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-14 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 08:42:45AM -0400, Jape Person wrote: > IIRC apt-listbugs or apt-listchanges (or both) don't work without the > deb-src entries in /etc/apt/sources.list. Works fine for me. Did you *actually* try it? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the peopl

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-13 Thread James P. Wallen
On 04/13/2015 11:10 AM, Curt wrote: On 2015-04-13, Jape Person wrote: IIRC apt-listbugs or apt-listchanges (or both) don't work without the deb-src entries in /etc/apt/sources.list. I think these are tools that They don't? Is that documented somewhere? Not that I can find. I remembered

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-13 Thread Jape Person
Sorry, this message was sent initially from a shared e-mail address. I'm using the correct address now. The primary owner of that addy is even older and grumpier than I am. Heh. On 04/13/2015 11:10 AM, Curt wrote: > On 2015-04-13, Jape Person wrote: >> >> IIRC apt-listbugs or apt-listchanges (

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-13 Thread Jape Person
On 04/13/2015 01:11 PM, Brian wrote: On Mon 13 Apr 2015 at 08:42:45 -0400, Jape Person wrote: I'd even argue that the deb-src entries are not necessary for the majority of Debian users. IIRC apt-listbugs or apt-listchanges (or both) don't work without the deb-src entries in /etc/apt/sources.l

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-13 Thread David Wright
Quoting Brian (a...@cityscape.co.uk): > On Mon 13 Apr 2015 at 08:42:45 -0400, Jape Person wrote: > > > >I'd even argue that the deb-src entries are not necessary for the majority > > >of > > >Debian users. > > > > IIRC apt-listbugs or apt-listchanges (or both) don't work without > > the deb-src

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-13 Thread Brian
On Mon 13 Apr 2015 at 08:42:45 -0400, Jape Person wrote: > >I'd even argue that the deb-src entries are not necessary for the majority of > >Debian users. > > IIRC apt-listbugs or apt-listchanges (or both) don't work without > the deb-src entries in /etc/apt/sources.list. I think these are > tool

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-13 Thread David Wright
Quoting Chris Bannister (cbannis...@slingshot.co.nz): > On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 11:50:40AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > > In that situation, my first course of action would be to hide anything > > but the essential sources.list contents of, basically, something like > > > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-13 Thread Curt
On 2015-04-13, Jape Person wrote: > > IIRC apt-listbugs or apt-listchanges (or both) don't work without the > deb-src entries in /etc/apt/sources.list. I think these are tools that They don't? Is that documented somewhere? > Debian users should be encouraged to use. At the least they provide

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-13 Thread Jape Person
On 04/12/2015 10:46 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 11:50:40AM -0500, David Wright wrote: In that situation, my first course of action would be to hide anything but the essential sources.list contents of, basically, something like # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.1.0 _Wheezy_

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 11:50:40AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > In that situation, my first course of action would be to hide anything > but the essential sources.list contents of, basically, something like > > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 7.1.0 _Wheezy_ - Official i386 NETINST Binary-1 > 201306

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-12 Thread David Wright
[I'm hoping this isn't a duplicate post, but my first attempt was rejected by bendel.debian.org as forged.] Quoting Luis Finotti (luis.fino...@gmail.com): > I've been trying to fix this problem, but have not found a solution > yet. (I've also asked at the aptosid list without success.) > > Before

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-11 Thread rob
On 10/04/15 21:56, Luis Finotti wrote: Dear all, I've been trying to fix this problem, but have not found a solution yet. (I've also asked at the aptosid list without success.) Before I resigned myself to a reinstall, I thought I'd post the output of strace apt-get dist-upgrade (I killed

Re: Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-11 Thread Luis Finotti
Yes, without success, but thanks for the suggestion! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/camo809wb7syscwef9ew+2nqgo7ndasturqb9ecbgjtz4y8l...@mail.gmail.c

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-11 Thread Marko Randjelovic
Did you try apt-get udpate dpkg --configure -a apt-get -f install ? -- http://markorandjelovic.hopto.org One should not be afraid of humans. Well, I am not afraid of humans, but of what is inhuman in them. Ivo Andric, "Signs near the travel-road" -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user

Re: apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-10 Thread Luis Finotti
Dear all, I've been trying to fix this problem, but have not found a solution yet. (I've also asked at the aptosid list without success.) Before I resigned myself to a reinstall, I thought I'd post the output of strace apt-get dist-upgrade (I killed the process a few seconds after it got st

apt stuck at "Reading database"

2015-04-07 Thread Luis Finotti
Dear all, I had a power failure while I was away and when I came back the boot failed, asking to run fsck manually, which I did. *Many* errors where fixed and I could reboot to what it seems to be a normal session, except I cannot "dist-upgrade" or "upgrade" (I'm on sid, BTW):