[Bug 62986] Re: debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling

2007-11-20 Thread ChrisKelley
Hi all, I just found this via Google. Was attempting a net install to a Pentium 4 I just got. The first failure bricked the box. Now I set up pxe server and it has frozen again. First time was at 5%, now at 6%. Was using ubuntu gutsy alt cd and this time, xubuntu alt cd from the pxe server. Not

[Bug 62986] Re: debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling

2007-09-19 Thread Martin Pitt
Copied to dapper-updates. ** Changed in: debconf (Ubuntu Dapper) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/62986 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 62986] Re: debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling

2007-09-17 Thread Martin Pitt
Considering as verification-done after Eli's extensive test series and my own regression tests. ** Tags added: verification-done ** Tags removed: verification-needed -- debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling

[Bug 62986] Re: debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling

2007-09-12 Thread Martin Pitt
I tested the dapper-proposed debconf on a single-processor machine with some packages which make heavy use of debconf (postfix and libnss-ldap) and did not see any regression. -- debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling

[Bug 62986] Re: debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling

2007-08-10 Thread Martin Pitt
** Changed in: debconf (Ubuntu Dapper) Status: Fix Released = Fix Committed -- debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/62986 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which

[Bug 62986] Re: debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling

2007-08-10 Thread Colin Watson
debconf (1.4.72ubuntu10) dapper-proposed; urgency=low * Backport from trunk, fixing a race leading to occasional hangs during installation (LP: #62986): - Make sure that apt status commands and debconf protocol commands under debconf-apt-progress are properly interleaved. Closes:

[Bug 62986] Re: debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling

2007-08-10 Thread Martin Pitt
Accepted into dapper-proposed, please go ahead with QA testing. Tests should include: * Verify that the installation hang is fixed (with the test ISOs that Colin provided) * Install a few packages in dapper which use debconf, to check for regressions. ** Changed in: debconf (Ubuntu Dapper)

[Bug 62986] Re: debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling

2007-08-07 Thread Colin Watson
** Summary changed: - edgy installer randomly hangs on Core 2 Duo, Dell D620 + debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling ** Description changed: - No more specific information to add than the title. Both the amd64 and - i386 alternate cds hang

[Bug 62986] Re: debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling

2007-08-07 Thread Martin Pitt
Just for the record: Without having scrutinized the patch in detail, this looks promising to me; we'll test it for UP during the tribe4 release, and since it does not change the behaviour of existing dapper installations, the breaks the world potential is very low. I propose to upload this to

[Bug 62986] Re: debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling

2007-08-07 Thread Colin Watson
Uploaded to dapper-proposed. -- debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/62986 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 62986] Re: debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling

2007-08-07 Thread Colin Watson
(I expect Martin will only actually let it in after Tribe 4.) -- debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/62986 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact

[Bug 62986] Re: debconf-apt-progress hangs sometimes on SMP systems due to racy debconf protocol handling

2007-08-07 Thread Eli Collins
The patch works for me. I tested automated 2-way smp installations of the new dapper and feisty server isos: on dapper 88 installs have completed successfully, on feisty 137 have completed successfully. I've started 4-way installs of both and have not seen any issues yet. --