Bug#257456: gconf2: gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule hangs
while installing packages
Walther Zwart
Walther Zwart <w.h.zwart@home.nl>, 257456@bugs.debian.org
Sun, 4 Jul 2004 17:02:34 +0200
Ok, I've tried to get some more info about the bug I submitted.
======== contents of /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnome-session.postinst
#!/bin/sh -e
if [ "$1" = configure ]; then
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-session-manager \
x-session-manager /usr/bin/gnome-session 50 \
--slave /usr/share/man/man1/x-session-manager.1.gz \
x-session-manager.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-session.1.gz
fi
# Automatically added by dh_gconf
if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then
SCHEMA_LOCATION=/etc/gconf/schemas
SCHEMA_FILES="gnome-session.schemas "
for SCHEMA in $SCHEMA_FILES; do
if [ -e $SCHEMA_LOCATION/$SCHEMA ]; then
HOME=/root GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`gconftool-2 --get-default-source` \ }
gconftool-2 \ } This is what hangs
--makefile-install-rule $SCHEMA_LOCATION/$SCHEMA > /dev/null }
fi
done
fi
# End automatically added section
exit 0
======== when I run it manually it hangs too
workstation:/var/lib/dpkg/info# ls /etc/gconf/schemas/gnome-session.schemas
/etc/gconf/schemas/gnome-session.schemas
workstation:/var/lib/dpkg/info# export HOME=/root
workstation:/var/lib/dpkg/info# echo `gconftool-2 --get-default-source`
xml::/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults
workstation:/var/lib/dpkg/info# export GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE=`gconftool-2
--get-default-source`
workstation:/var/lib/dpkg/info# gconftool-2
--makefile-install-rule /etc/gconf/schemas/gnome-session.schemas
======== hangs until I push CTRL+C
======== when gconftool is running the following files are open:
walther@workstation:~$ lsof | grep gconftool
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 52272
370267 /usr/bin/gconftool-2
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 90152
14553 /lib/ld-2.3.2.so
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 987120
2292 /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.10
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 67304
11425 /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.1.1
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 141312
14584 /lib/tls/libm-2.3.2.so
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 162608
13276 /usr/lib/libgconf-2.so.4.1.0
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 321712
28739 /usr/lib/libORBit-2.so.0.0.0
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 26592
3137 /lib/libpopt.so.0.0.0
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 230224
1746 /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.400.2
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 10928
1747 /usr/lib/libgmodule-2.0.so.0.400.2
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 9432
14583 /lib/tls/libdl-2.3.2.so
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 14712
1748 /usr/lib/libgthread-2.0.so.0.400.2
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 78112
14594 /lib/tls/libpthread-0.60.so
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 515944
1745 /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0.400.2
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 1279044
14581 /lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 43092
370269 /usr/lib/GConf/2/libgconfbackend-xml.so
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 30576
14587 /lib/tls/libnss_compat-2.3.2.so
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 74264
14586 /lib/tls/libnsl-2.3.2.so
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 34948
14591 /lib/tls/libnss_nis-2.3.2.so
gconftool 3056 root mem REG 3,69 35288
14589 /lib/tls/libnss_files-2.3.2.so
walther@workstation:~$
I've never used ltrace or strace before, but here it goes:
======== ltrace
first I ran:
(this was all in the same bash-session so the GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE etc was stil
set)
workstation:/var/lib/dpkg/info# ltrace gconftool-2
--makefile-install-rule /etc/gconf/schemas/gnome-session.schemas
&>/tmp/ltrace.output
After about one minute I tailed the file in another terminal and nothing was
written to the file anymore
so I pressed CTRL+C in the terminal where ltrace was running and tailed the
file again:
walther@workstation:~$ tail -f /tmp/ltrace.output
gconf_schema_set_long_desc(0x809a6c0, 0x8099ea8, 0x809a618, 0x804ea5d,
0x8059c20) = 0x809a738
gconf_schema_get_locale(0x809a6c0, 0x8099ea8, 0x809a618, 0x804ea5d, 0x8059c20)
= 0x809a6f8
g_hash_table_insert(0x80592c8, 0x809a6f8, 0x809a6c0, 0x804ea5d, 0x8059c20
<unfinished ...>
g_str_hash(0x809a6f8, 0x8099ea8, 43, 0x4017efd4, 0x403e3840) = 0x6e7e934
g_str_equal(0x809a580, 0x809a6f8, 43, 0x4017efd4, 0x403e3840) = 0
<... g_hash_table_insert resumed> ) = 111
g_hash_table_size(0x80592c8, 0xbffff6c0, 1, 0xbffff6d4, 0x40118a0c) = 61
g_free(0x8062708, 0xbffff6c0, 1, 0xbffff6d4, 0x40118a0c) = 72
gconf_value_free(0x8062718, 0xbffff6c0, 1, 0xbffff6d4, 0x40118a0c) = 72
gconf_engine_associate_schema(0x8055de0, 0x80626d0, 0x8061a30, 0xbffff6f8,
0x8059110 <unfinished ...>
--- SIGINT (Interrupt) ---
+++ killed by SIGINT +++
======== strace:
same procedure as ltrace
workstation:/var/lib/dpkg/info# strace gconftool-2
--makefile-install-rule /etc/gconf/schemas/gnome-session.schemas
&>/tmp/strace.output
walther@workstation:~$ tail -f /tmp/strace.output
getdents64(3, /* 4 entries */, 131072) = 112
stat64("/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/apps/gnome-session/options/%gconf.xml",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=651, ...}) = 0
getdents64(3, /* 0 entries */, 131072) = 0
munmap(0x40428000, 135168) = 0
close(3) = 0
stat64
("/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/apps/gnome-session/options/%gconf-tree.xml",
0xbffff43c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/apps/gnome-session/options/%gconf.xml",
O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=651, ...}) = 0
read(3, "<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>\n<gconf>\n "..., 651) = 651
close(3) = 0
so it looks like it tries to close the file and then everything stops
workstation:/var/lib/dpkg/info# ls
-l /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/apps/gnome-session/options/%gconf.xml
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 651 Jul 3
16:07 /etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults/apps/gnome-session/options/%gconf.xml
========
I hope this gives you more info.
If you want me to do more, please let me know.
Regards,
Walther Zwart
On Sunday 04 July 2004 12:04, J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:
> 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