I saw this today during two dist-upgrades followed by removing old kernels. In both instances, this is on 10.10.
-------------------------------------------------- root@dzur:~# aptitude purge linux-image-2.6.35-24-generic The following packages will be REMOVED: linux-headers-2.6.35-27{u} linux-headers-2.6.35-27-generic{u} linux-image-2.6.35-24-generic{p} 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 229MB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y (Reading database ... 206796 files and directories currently installed.) Removing linux-headers-2.6.35-27-generic ... Removing linux-headers-2.6.35-27 ... (Reading database ... 187208 files and directories currently installed.) Removing linux-image-2.6.35-24-generic ... Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.35-24-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 2.6.35-24-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-28-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-28-generic Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-27-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-27-generic Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-25-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-25-generic Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.bin File descriptor 42 (/var/log/apt/history.log) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 5389: /bin/sh Found Ubuntu 10.10 (10.10) on /dev/mapper/master09-root09 done Purging configuration files for linux-image-2.6.35-24-generic ... Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/initramfs-tools 2.6.35-24-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postrm.d/zz-update-grub 2.6.35-24-generic /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.35-24-generic root@dzur:~# -------------------------------------------------- On the other machine, the file descriptor is 42. I see no error message when running lvs, root or non-root. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591823 Title: "File descriptor \d+ (\S+) leaked on lvs invocation." -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs