The solution to this bug was to ensure that a misconfigured package (postfix) gets correctly configured, because otherwise debconf wants to ask configuration questions again. That was attacking the cause, but if the cause manifests itself again, the symptom (as described in this bug) which is checkbox stalling forever will appear again.
One possibility is to change the job definition to use the noninteractive frontend, to prevent debconf questions: command: dpkg -l | grep -iq 'ipmitool' || DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y ipmitool >/dev/null 2>&1 This still needs to be tested, and/or kept in mind for the next time a problem like this happens. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/809321 Title: job miscellanea/check_and_install_ipmitool gets stuck/stalled To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/checkbox/+bug/809321/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
