Bug#257456: gconf2: gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule hangs while installing packages

[J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)]

severity 257456 important
tags 257456 + moreinfo unreproducible
thanks

On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 17:52:23 +0200, Walther Zwart wrote:
> I installed my system from scratch using install floppies so it should be
> clean. When a package needs gconftool-2 in a postinst script, gconftool-2
> hangs using all cpu time.

I install such packages in a known-to-be-clean setup (pbuilder chroot)
probably a dozen times per week without seeing this issue. Please provide
more information as to the hangs you experience; things like strace, ltrace,
and lsof output for the gconftool-2 process.

Ray
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