[Bug 1163142] Re: Hangs when "preconfiguring packages" at the installation of a language

[Herbert Post]

Hi Gunnar,

Thanks for the quick update.
I had forgotten to mention that I could reproduce it
myself on multiple systems :-(

Herbert


On 02-04-13 13:36, Gunnar Hjalmarsson wrote:
> Hi Herbert,
>
> Thanks for your help to improve Ubuntu by reporting this important bug!
> It's easily reproducible, and one of our most experienced developers is
> already working on it.
>

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Title:
  Hangs when "preconfiguring packages" at the installation of a language

Status in “language-selector” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  While running gnome-language-selector the process hangs while 
  applying changes during "preconfiguring packages"
  No matter how long this process runs it never finishes.

  These processes are running
  posth    11234     1 21 09:08 ?        00:00:03 /usr/bin/python3.3 /usr/bin/gnome-language-selector
  root     11611 10372  0 09:08 pts/2    00:00:00 /usr/bin/python3.3 /usr/sbin/aptd
  root     11612 11611  0 09:08 pts/2    00:00:00 [dpkg] <defunct>
  root     11613 11611  0 09:08 pts/2    00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true
  root     11614 11613  0 09:08 pts/2    00:00:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt
  posth    11616 11253  0 09:08 pts/0    00:00:00 ps -ef

  Description:	Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch)
  Release:	13.04

  language-selector-gnome:
    Installed: 0.108
    Candidate: 0.108
    Version table:
   *** 0.108 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

  The program should allow me to install an extra language (dutch for me).
  But the problems arise at startup of the program or after I stop the process and manually try to install the dutch language.

  The process halts during "preconfiguring packages"

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