[Bug 1633409] [NEW] dpkg hang while installing mainline kernel packages

[Michael Thayer]

Public bug reported:

Before I start: this issue does not inconvenience me very much.  I am
mainly submitting it because it provides a good test case to investigate
dpkg hangs, which it seems do occur from time to time.  If it is not of
interest please feel free to close again, or to let the bug expire.

When I install the mainline daily kernel i386 headers and builds built
on October 11 and on October 13 in an almost completely fresh 32-bit
Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine in VirtualBox, installation is painfully
slow - currently, after nearly two hours, it is on the second package of
three.  I do the installation by manually downloading the headers-all,
the headers-generic and the image-generic packages (for completeness I
download on the host, and I scp them from the guest) and executing "sudo
dpkg -i" in a gnome-terminal on the guest.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-17.19-generic 4.8.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
Date: Fri Oct 14 11:47:46 2016
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-31 (135 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
SourcePackage: dpkg
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug yakkety

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Title:
  dpkg hang while installing mainline kernel packages

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Before I start: this issue does not inconvenience me very much.  I am
  mainly submitting it because it provides a good test case to
  investigate dpkg hangs, which it seems do occur from time to time.  If
  it is not of interest please feel free to close again, or to let the
  bug expire.

  When I install the mainline daily kernel i386 headers and builds built
  on October 11 and on October 13 in an almost completely fresh 32-bit
  Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine in VirtualBox, installation is painfully
  slow - currently, after nearly two hours, it is on the second package
  of three.  I do the installation by manually downloading the headers-
  all, the headers-generic and the image-generic packages (for
  completeness I download on the host, and I scp them from the guest)
  and executing "sudo dpkg -i" in a gnome-terminal on the guest.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-17.19-generic 4.8.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: Unity:Unity7
  Date: Fri Oct 14 11:47:46 2016
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-31 (135 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.10 "Wily Werewolf" - Release amd64 (20151021)
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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