Re: apt-get install hangs while unpacking

["David" <debian-user@startupanywhere.org>]

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?
>>
>>
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