I have had the same bug. I did some troubleshooting and it only occurs when I am doing heavy disk activity (potentially on another volume). Whenever this occurs, if I try to issue a "sync" it also hangs for a very long time.
Maybe dpkg tries to sync the discs?
In any case, if I wait until the disk activity ends, and the system is idle, then I issue a sync, I have to wait a long time (sometimes 10 minutes) for the sync to complete. Once it's done, the dpkg gets unstuck and continues.
Of course, on a heavily-loaded system it's not an option to wait until the sync completes, so this bug needs to be fixed. It's very annoying.
BTW I tried the 2.6.37rc1 from kernel.org, and I had the same problem.
I have had the same bug. I did some troubleshooting and it only occurs when I am doing heavy disk activity (potentially on another volume). Whenever this occurs, if I try to issue a "sync" it also hangs for a very long time.
Maybe dpkg tries to sync the discs?
In any case, if I wait until the disk activity ends, and the system is idle, then I issue a sync, I have to wait a long time (sometimes 10 minutes) for the sync to complete. Once it's done, the dpkg gets unstuck and continues.
Of course, on a heavily-loaded system it's not an option to wait until the sync completes, so this bug needs to be fixed. It's very annoying.
BTW I tried the 2.6.37rc1 from kernel.org, and I had the same problem.