[Bug 1198649] Re: Update to 1.8-0ubuntu1.2 in raring causes system hang at configure

[Steve Langasek]

oh, that's actually a very interesting result, because 'telinit u' is
pretty much the only substantial thing done by the upstart maintainer
script on upgrade.  So if calling 'sudo telinit u' directly does *not*
trigger the problem, then it seems we need to look deeper.

BTW, it appears that your logs not only don't capture the bits that we
need, but are actually corrupted.  What filesystem are you using?

The other thing I notice in the logs is that the corruption always
happens immediately after the message about 'Processing triggers for
hicolor-icon-theme ...'.  So it's possible the upstart package itself is
not what's causing this problem.

Can you reproduce the hang by running 'sudo dpkg --configure upstart'
from the commandline?

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Title:
  Update to 1.8-0ubuntu1.2 in raring causes system hang at configure

Status in Upstart:
  Invalid
Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hi,

  the recent upgrade to upstart 1.9.1 seems to have introduced a bug
  that causes a hang during the package configuration phase. The package
  has been extracted by the system updater and once configuration starts
  the systems freezes completely (mouse pointer disappears, no remote
  login possible, system does not seem to respond in any way).

  Dpkg is now in a state where I am demanded to execute 'dpkg
  --configure -a', however since this freezes the system immediately
  again, I have no idea how or where to analyze the problem or how to
  proceed.

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