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Re: [Debathena] #1020: aptitude sometimes spins forever when in
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Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:25:26 -0000
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#1020: aptitude sometimes spins forever when in --download-only mode--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------
Reporter: jdreed | Owner: jdreed
Type: defect | Status: accepted
Priority: high | Milestone: Fall 2011
Component: -- | Keywords:
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--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------Changes (by jdreed):
* priority: blocker => high
* milestone: Natty Release => Fall 2011
Old description:
> Geoff and I discussed this this morning. We should have a cron job run
> every 4 hours and stat /var/run/athena-nologin. If it exists and is > 4
> hours old, reboot, because auto-update is wedged. It's possible the
> issues we saw on w20-575-{2..5} were isolated, but since auto-update is
> our only recovery hook, we should make sure it doesn't get wedged.
New description:
It may be relevant that when the problem does occur, it's always in the
second invocation, when there aren't actually any files to download.
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