On 2005-06-11 "Huang, Zhangrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Package: findutils
> Version: 4.2.20-2
> Severity: normal

> I set-up a local deb repository for myself, wrote a simple script to
> generate the Packages file, say
> $ cat update-here
> dpkg-scanpackages . /dev/null > Packages
> gzip -f Packages

> Now I upgrade findutils to 4.2.20-2, when I run this script,

> $ sh update-here

> seems find is trying to eat up all of my memory and swap, then the system is
> becoming not useable.

> PS: dpkg-scanpackages comes from dpkg-dev.

Hello,
can you find out what is eating up all your memory (with ps, top,
whatever)? dpkg-scanpackages will simply invoke

find ./ -follow -name '*.deb' -print

does this command trigger the strange behavior on your system?

BTW what filesystem are you using?
                cu andreas
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