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Re: update problem

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UPDATE:

Problem still occurring as of 2018-09-09 14.50 UT.
No indication of whether anyone else is experiencing this condition.


On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 3:38 PM Default User <hunguponcontent@gmail.com>
wrote:

> 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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