Ticket #580 (closed defect: worksforme)
debathena-pyhesiodfs: Restarting automounter post-install script froze on dist-upgrade
Reported by: | s4m | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | normal | Milestone: | The Distant Future |
Component: | -- | Keywords: | |
Cc: | Fixed in version: | ||
Upstream bug: |
Description
While upgrading from Karmic to Lucid, the post-install script for debathena-pyhesiodfs seemed to freeze (related to me not having valid kerberos tickets at the time?). After canceling with ctrl-c (after a long wait), the remainder of the dist-upgrade proceed without obvious problem, only to run into the same error when doing the (automatically run after install for an upgrade with errors) "dpkg --configure -a". At least, the post-install script for that package should have a timeout or something so that whatever else it does (if anything) doesn't fail if the automounter cannot be restarted.
Change History
comment:2 Changed 15 years ago by s4m
"dpkg --configure -a" worked without problems after a system restart, which is good for me, but makes it hard to replicate that bug.
comment:3 Changed 14 years ago by broder
- Status changed from new to closed
- Resolution set to worksforme
Since you haven't been able to reproduce this, I haven't been able to reproduce this, I can't explain why this would happen if the system is in a normal state, and I haven't heard any other instances of this failure occurring, I'm closing this ticket.
This is sort of strange sounding, and I can't find anything in our postinst that would cause that.
If it still happens for you when you run dpkg --configure -a, can you edit /var/lib/dpkg/info/debathena-pyhesiodfs.postinst, adding set -x just after the shebang, and try running dpkg --configure -a again. You should get a bunch of debugging spew - post that, and we can figure out why it's hanging.
(After making the change, the start of the postinst should look like this: