Bug#870624: hanged APT during update

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

Hello,

>Am 08.11.2019 um 10:08 teilte Matus UHLAR - fantomas mit:
>> This bug just caused unattended-upgrades for two days until I noticed it.
>>
>> Please, if possible, push fixed version to oldstable so this does not
>> happen
>> again.

On 17.02.20 14:50, Hilmar Preuße wrote:
>I February 2018 I gave you test packages and told you to report back. I
>never got response, hence the patch was not committed to the repository.

I am really sorry for missing this - my fault.

>Do you now have the time to test?
>
>https://freeshell.de/~hille42/proftpd/870624/
>
>Yes, the packages are outdated now. Will you test now if I build new
>packages?

I have tested upgrade from jessie 1.3.5-1.1+deb8u2 (my vmware installation)

- to 1.3.5b-4+deb9u3 (in stretch) hanged.
- to 1.3.5b-4+deb9u1 from the page above worked fine.

I assume your patch works fine.

Thanks for the work.

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