Comment 0 for bug 632077

Binary package hint: apt

Attached is a screenshot of Synaptic at this dpkg hang: Upon upgrading the packages, as soon as Synaptic/APT/dpkg starts unpacking the .deb archives, dpkg hangs, WITHOUT CONSUMING ANY CPU!!! This is definitely something an infinite loop would do.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: apt 0.8.0ubuntu2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-19.28-generic 2.6.35.3
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-19-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Mon Sep 6 18:03:35 2010
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta i386 (20100901.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt