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update problem

From	Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	update problem
Date	2018-09-08 21:40 +0200
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Hello . . .
Running Sid (amd-64) on standard x86-64 hardware, conventional software
setup, nothing unusual.

For several days now, after I do:

sudo aptitude -Pvv update

If there is anything to upgrade, if I do:

sudo aptitude -Pvv safe-upgrade

(or)

sudo aptitude -Pvv full-upgrade

it will "Get: " the new and/or update package(s), then it will STALL FOR UP
TO 5 MINUTES at:

Retrieving bug reports... 0%

then followed by:

Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
Reading changelogs... Done

before finally "Unpacking, Preparing and Setting up" the packages to
complete the upgrade.

[See example fragment:

. . .

Get: 15 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64
libspice-client-glib-2.0-8 amd64 0.35-2 [528 kB]
Get: 16 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64
libspice-client-gtk-3.0-5 amd64 0.35-2 [274 kB]
Get: 17 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 redshift amd64
1.12-1 [108 kB]
Fetched 5,625 kB in 5s (1,134 kB/s)
Retrieving bug reports... Done
Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done
Reading changelogs... Done
(Reading database ... 208745 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../00-aptitude_0.8.11-3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking aptitude (0.8.11-3) over (0.8.10-9) ...
Preparing to unpack .../01-aptitude-common_0.8.11-3_all.deb ...
Unpacking aptitude-common (0.8.11-3) over (0.8.10-9) ...

. . . ]

Note: sources list is okay:

cat /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.4.0 _Stretch_ - Official amd64 NETINST
20180310-11:21]/ buster contrib main non-free

deb        http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/            unstable
main  contrib  non-free
deb-src    http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/            unstable
main  contrib  non-free

# deb      http://security.debian.org/debian-security  buster/updates
main  contrib  non-free
# deb-src  http://security.debian.org/debian-security  buster/updates
main  contrib  non-free

# buster-updates, previously known as 'volatile'
# deb      http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/            buster-updates
main  contrib  non-free
# deb-src  http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/            buster-updates
main  contrib  non-free

and I have run netselect-apt to find the fastest mirror:

sudo netselect-apt -s -n sid

(trimmed for result only:)

The fastest 10 servers seem to be:

http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
http://mirror.us.leaseweb.net/debian/
http://debian.ec.as6453.net/debian/
http://mirror.us.oneandone.net/debian/
http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/
http://mirrors.advancedhosters.com/debian/
http://mirror.cogentco.com/debian/
http://mirrors.gigenet.com/debian/
http://mirror.steadfast.net/debian/
http://ftp.utexas.edu/debian/

Of the hosts tested we choose the fastest valid for HTTP:
        http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/

Writing sources.list.
sources.list exists, moving to sources.list.1536427463
Done.

(As expected.)

So . . .
1 - Has anyone else seen this "stall" during updating.
2 - any clue as to the cause? Maybe just a problem with whatever site
provides "bug reports" information to the aptitude updating mechanism?

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update problem Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2018-09-08 21:40 +0200
  Re: update problem Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2018-09-09 17:00 +0200
    Re: update problem Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2018-09-10 02:10 +0200
      Re: update problem Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2018-09-11 02:20 +0200
        Re: update problem Jimmy Johnson <field.engineer@gmail.com> - 2018-09-11 05:00 +0200
          Re: update problem Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2018-09-11 05:50 +0200
        Re: update problem Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2018-09-11 05:50 +0200
          Re: update problem Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com> - 2018-09-11 07:00 +0200
            Re: update problem Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2018-09-11 19:20 +0200
              Re: update problem Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2018-09-12 17:00 +0200
                Re: update problem Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2018-09-12 18:10 +0200
              Re: update problem Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> - 2018-09-12 17:00 +0200
              Re: update problem Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2018-09-13 01:50 +0200
              Re: update problem Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-09-13 10:30 +0200

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