Here's two straces of "apt-get install cryptsetup". One called with parameter "-f", one without.
The console output was: ---- Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done cryptsetup is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up cryptsetup (2:1.0.5-2ubuntu2.1) ... update-initramfs: deferring update (trigger activated) dpkg: error processing cryptsetup (--configure): subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Interrupt) <--- killed manually Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic Errors were encountered while processing: cryptsetup ---- I'm not used to strace, but to me it looks like line 1349 in the non- fork trace marks the beginning of the endless loop. ** Attachment added: "strace with timestamps (no forks)" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/11888345/apt-get.install.cryptsetup.strace -- Updating cryptsetup fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/185380 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
