Bug#912380: endless looping, breaks dpkg

2018-12-02 Thread gregor herrmann
On Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:15:23 +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > Maybe I should have waited a few minutes more. So I guess we should > close the BR then? Sounds like a good plan to me as an outsider :) Chers, gregor, going through RC bugs at the Bern BSP -- .''`. https://info.comodo.priv.at -- Deb

Bug#912380: endless looping, breaks dpkg

2018-10-31 Thread Eduard Bloch
Hallo, * Colin Watson [Wed, Oct 31 2018, 11:38:31AM]: > On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:27:22PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > > I am no longer able to install many packages. The man-db hook keeps > > running and running for ages. > > > > I have monitored it with strace and it seems to run over the same

Bug#912380: endless looping, breaks dpkg

2018-10-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:27:22PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote: > I am no longer able to install many packages. The man-db hook keeps > running and running for ages. > > I have monitored it with strace and it seems to run over the same files > in man1 folder all over again, never ending. See the log

Bug#912380: endless looping, breaks dpkg

2018-10-30 Thread Eduard Bloch
Package: man-db Version: 2.8.4-2+b1 Severity: serious File: /usr/bin/mandb Hello, I am no longer able to install many packages. The man-db hook keeps running and running for ages. I have monitored it with strace and it seems to run over the same files in man1 folder all over again, never ending.