Package: apt Version: 0.6.46.4-0.1 Severity: normal reportbug starts "apt-cache dumpavail" with its standard out to a pipe, but apparently closes its side of the pipe before apt-cache is finished.
This in itself is a bug in reportbug, but the problem with apt-cache is that instead of failing gracefully (e.g. exit with a non-zero return code), it enters an infinite loop. Open fds of reportbug (parent of apt-cache): reportbug 10131 master 0u CHR 136,3 5 /dev/pts/3 reportbug 10131 master 1u CHR 136,3 5 /dev/pts/3 reportbug 10131 master 2u CHR 136,3 5 /dev/pts/3 Open fds of apt-cache: apt-cache 10138 master 0u CHR 136,3 5 /dev/pts/3 apt-cache 10138 master 1w FIFO 0,6 223003182 pipe apt-cache 10138 master 2u CHR 136,3 5 /dev/pts/3 Here's an strace of apt-cache: --- SIGPIPE (Broken pipe) @ 0 (0) --- close(3) = 0 stat("/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=20747682, ...}) = 0 open("/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_Packages", O_RDONLY) = 3 fcntl(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 lseek(3, 15675021, SEEK_SET) = 15675021 read(3, "Package: postgresql-contrib-7.4\n"..., 5047) = 5047 write(1, "Package: postgresql-contrib-7.4\n"..., 4096) = -1 EPIPE (Broken pipe) --- SIGPIPE (Broken pipe) @ 0 (0) --- close(3) = 0 stat("/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=20747682, ...}) = 0 open("/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_Packages", O_RDONLY) = 3 fcntl(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 lseek(3, 15675021, SEEK_SET) = 15675021 read(3, "Package: postgresql-contrib-7.4\n"..., 5047) = 5047 write(1, "Package: postgresql-contrib-7.4\n"..., 4096) = -1 EPIPE (Broken pipe) --- SIGPIPE (Broken pipe) @ 0 (0) --- close(3) = 0 stat("/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=20747682, ...}) = 0 open("/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.nl.debian.org_debian_dists_sid_main_binary-amd64_Packages", O_RDONLY) = 3 fcntl(3, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0 lseek(3, 15675021, SEEK_SET) = 15675021 read(3, "Package: postgresql-contrib-7.4\n"..., 5047) = 5047 write(1, "Package: postgresql-contrib-7.4\n"..., 4096) = -1 EPIPE (Broken pipe) -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_LU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_LU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.02.19 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.5-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-21 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-21 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]