Package: grub-pc Version: 1.98+20100804-13 Severity: normal Because of #601141, grub-pc postinst will always ask for devices to install, when installed on multiple devices. When doing non-intercative parallel upgrades (in my case using pdsh), this casuses the upgrade process to stop at that point. However, when the connection is broken, the postinst goes into an infinite loop instead of terminating. Example: init(1)-+-aptitude(19983)-+-dpkg(20327)---frontend(25206)---grub-pc.postins(25226)---grub-pc.postins(10661)-+-grub-pc.postins(10662+ | | `-sort(10663) | `-{aptitude}(19984)
The top level grub-pc,postinst repeatedly forks new processes, leading to high load and a need to manually clean these processes on every computer. Arne -- Package-specific info: *********************** BEGIN /proc/mounts /dev/mapper/all-root / ext4 rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 /dev/mapper/all-cache /var/cache/openafs ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0 *********************** END /proc/mounts *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/device.map (hd0) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST380815AS_6RACVTL9 (hd1) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST380815AS_6RACZGS1 (hd2) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3400620NS_9QG462BX (hd3) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST3400620NS_9QH09QTE *********************** END /boot/grub/device.map *********************** BEGIN /boot/grub/grub.cfg # # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE # # It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates # from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub # ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ### if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then load_env fi set default="0" if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}" save_env saved_entry set prev_saved_entry= save_env prev_saved_entry set boot_once=true fi function savedefault { if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then saved_entry="${chosen}" save_env saved_entry fi } function load_video { insmod vbe insmod vga insmod video_bochs insmod video_cirrus } insmod raid insmod mdraid insmod lvm insmod part_gpt insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 set root='(all-root)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 137d0a64-7dc8-4d37-bf62-01f5a235c309 if loadfont /usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2 ; then set gfxmode=1024x768 load_video insmod gfxterm fi terminal_output gfxterm insmod raid insmod mdraid insmod lvm insmod part_gpt insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 set root='(all-root)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 137d0a64-7dc8-4d37-bf62-01f5a235c309 set locale_dir=($root)/boot/grub/locale set lang=sv insmod gettext set timeout=5 ### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### insmod raid insmod mdraid insmod lvm insmod part_gpt insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 set root='(all-root)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 137d0a64-7dc8-4d37-bf62-01f5a235c309 insmod png if background_image /usr/share/images/desktop-base/spacefun-grub.png; then set color_normal=light-gray/black set color_highlight=white/black else set menu_color_normal=cyan/blue set menu_color_highlight=white/blue fi ### END /etc/grub.d/05_debian_theme ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { insmod raid insmod mdraid insmod lvm insmod part_gpt insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 set root='(all-root)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 137d0a64-7dc8-4d37-bf62-01f5a235c309 echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/all-root ro enable_mtrr_cleanup quiet echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64 } menuentry 'Debian GNU/Linux, with Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (recovery mode)' --class debian --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os { insmod raid insmod mdraid insmod lvm insmod part_gpt insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 set root='(all-root)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 137d0a64-7dc8-4d37-bf62-01f5a235c309 echo 'Loading Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 ...' linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64 root=/dev/mapper/all-root ro single enable_mtrr_cleanup echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...' initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64 } ### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+)" { insmod raid insmod mdraid insmod lvm insmod part_gpt insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 set root='(all-root)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 137d0a64-7dc8-4d37-bf62-01f5a235c309 linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200)" { insmod raid insmod mdraid insmod lvm insmod part_gpt insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 set root='(all-root)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 137d0a64-7dc8-4d37-bf62-01f5a235c309 linux16 /boot/memtest86+.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, experimental multiboot)" { insmod raid insmod mdraid insmod lvm insmod part_gpt insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 set root='(all-root)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 137d0a64-7dc8-4d37-bf62-01f5a235c309 multiboot /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin } menuentry "Memory test (memtest86+, serial console 115200, experimental multiboot)" { insmod raid insmod mdraid insmod lvm insmod part_gpt insmod part_gpt insmod ext2 set root='(all-root)' search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set 137d0a64-7dc8-4d37-bf62-01f5a235c309 multiboot /boot/memtest86+_multiboot.bin console=ttyS0,115200n8 } ### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### # This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the # menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change # the 'exec tail' line above. ### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ### ### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### if [ -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then source $prefix/custom.cfg; fi ### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ### *********************** END /boot/grub/grub.cfg -- System Information: Debian Release: 6.0 APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=sv_SE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages grub-pc depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.36 Debian configuration management sy ii grub-common 1.98+20100804-13 GRand Unified Bootloader, version ii libc6 2.11.2-7 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libdevmapper1.02.1 2:1.02.48-4 The Linux Kernel Device Mapper use ii ucf 3.0025+nmu1 Update Configuration File: preserv grub-pc recommends no packages. Versions of packages grub-pc suggests: ii desktop-base 6.0.5 common files for the Debian Deskto -- Configuration Files: /etc/default/grub changed: GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_TIMEOUT=5 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="enable_mtrr_cleanup" GRUB_GFXMODE=1024x768 -- debconf information: grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline: * grub2/device_map_regenerated: grub-pc/linux_cmdline: fillme * grub2/linux_cmdline: enable_mtrr_cleanup grub-pc/install_devices_empty: true grub-pc/install_devices_failed: false grub-pc/chainload_from_menu.lst: true grub-pc/kopt_extracted: false * grub-pc/install_devices: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST380815AS_6RACVTL9, /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST380815AS_6RACZGS1 grub-pc/postrm_purge_boot_grub: false grub-pc/install_devices_failed_upgrade: true grub-pc/disk_description: grub2/kfreebsd_cmdline_default: quiet grub-pc/partition_description: * grub-pc/install_devices_disks_changed: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST380815AS_6RACVTL9, /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST380815AS_6RACZGS1 * grub2/linux_cmdline_default: quiet grub-pc/mixed_legacy_and_grub2: true -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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