UPDATE: Problem still occurring as of 2018-09-09 14.50 UT. No indication of whether anyone else is experiencing this condition.
On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 3:38 PM Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello . . . > Running Sid (amd-64) on standard x86-64 hardware, conventional software > setup, nothing unusual. > > For several days now, after I do: > > sudo aptitude -Pvv update > > If there is anything to upgrade, if I do: > > sudo aptitude -Pvv safe-upgrade > > (or) > > sudo aptitude -Pvv full-upgrade > > it will "Get: " the new and/or update package(s), then it will STALL FOR > UP TO 5 MINUTES at: > > Retrieving bug reports... 0% > > then followed by: > > Retrieving bug reports... Done > Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done > Reading changelogs... Done > > before finally "Unpacking, Preparing and Setting up" the packages to > complete the upgrade. > > [See example fragment: > > . . . > > Get: 15 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 > libspice-client-glib-2.0-8 amd64 0.35-2 [528 kB] > Get: 16 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 > libspice-client-gtk-3.0-5 amd64 0.35-2 [274 kB] > Get: 17 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 redshift > amd64 1.12-1 [108 kB] > Fetched 5,625 kB in 5s (1,134 kB/s) > Retrieving bug reports... Done > Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done > Reading changelogs... Done > (Reading database ... 208745 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack .../00-aptitude_0.8.11-3_amd64.deb ... > Unpacking aptitude (0.8.11-3) over (0.8.10-9) ... > Preparing to unpack .../01-aptitude-common_0.8.11-3_all.deb ... > Unpacking aptitude-common (0.8.11-3) over (0.8.10-9) ... > > . . . ] > > Note: sources list is okay: > > cat /etc/apt/sources.list > # deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 NETINST > 20180310-11:21]/ buster contrib main non-free > > deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable > main contrib non-free > deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable > main contrib non-free > > # deb http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates > main contrib non-free > # deb-src http://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates > main contrib non-free > > # buster-updates, previously known as 'volatile' > # deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates > main contrib non-free > # deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates > main contrib non-free > > and I have run netselect-apt to find the fastest mirror: > > sudo netselect-apt -s -n sid > > (trimmed for result only:) > > The fastest 10 servers seem to be: > > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ > http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/debian/ > http://debian.ec.as6453.net/debian/ > http://mirror.us.oneandone.net/debian/ > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ > http://mirrors.advancedhosters.com/debian/ > http://mirror.cogentco.com/debian/ > http://mirrors.gigenet.com/debian/ > http://mirror.steadfast.net/debian/ > http://ftp.utexas.edu/debian/ > > Of the hosts tested we choose the fastest valid for HTTP: > http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ > > Writing sources.list. > sources.list exists, moving to sources.list.1536427463 > Done. > > (As expected.) > > So . . . > 1 - Has anyone else seen this "stall" during updating. > 2 - any clue as to the cause? Maybe just a problem with whatever site > provides "bug reports" information to the aptitude updating mechanism? > > >
