man-db freezes on upgrading to 2.5.2-2 when updating man pages

[cfsterpka]

Binary package hint: man-db

I've tried installing the upgrade to man-db several different ways (synaptic, dpkg offline install, apt-get) , and have not had success updating this package. It always freezes at the "Updating database of manual pages ..." status, and I've left the update running for 24hrs just to verify that it was not just taking a really long time. I'm not sure what else to try. I'm running intrepid 8.10 on an i386.

I also tried installing a few older versions with dpkg (2.5.2-1 and 2.5.1-4) with the same result.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Please attach the output of the following command:

  sudo -u man mandb -pd

Thanks in advance.

[cfsterpka (cfsterpka)]

Here it is:
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ruid=6, euid=6
++priv_drop_count = 1
From the config file /etc/manpath.config:

Mandatory mandir `/usr/man'.
Mandatory mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Mandatory mandir `/usr/local/share/man'.
Path `/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/usr/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/usr/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'.
Path `/usr/local/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'.
Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/man'.
Path `/usr/local/sbin' mapped to mandir `/usr/local/share/man'.
Path `/usr/X11R6/bin' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'.
Path `/usr/bin/X11' mapped to mandir `/usr/X11R6/man'.
Path `/usr/games' mapped to mandir `/usr/share/man'.
Path `/opt/bin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'.
Path `/opt/sbin' mapped to mandir `/opt/man'.
Global mandir `/usr/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/fsstnd'.
--priv_drop_count = 0
creating catdir hierarchy /var/cache/man/fsstnd
++priv_drop_count = 1
Global mandir `/usr/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man'.
--priv_drop_count = 0
creating catdir hierarchy /var/cache/man
++priv_drop_count = 1
Global mandir `/usr/local/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/oldlocal'.
--priv_drop_count = 0
creating catdir hierarchy /var/cache/man/oldlocal
++priv_drop_count = 1
Global mandir `/usr/local/share/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/local'.
--priv_drop_count = 0
creating catdir hierarchy /var/cache/man/local
++priv_drop_count = 1
Global mandir `/usr/X11R6/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/X11R6'.
--priv_drop_count = 0
creating catdir hierarchy /var/cache/man/X11R6
++priv_drop_count = 1
Global mandir `/opt/man', catdir `/var/cache/man/opt'.
--priv_drop_count = 0
creating catdir hierarchy /var/cache/man/opt
++priv_drop_count = 1
Added section `1'.
Added section `n'.
Added section `l'.
Added section `8'.
Added section `3'.
Added section `2'.
Added section `3posix'.
Added section `3pm'.
Added section `3perl'.
Added section `5'.
Added section `4'.
Added section `9'.
Added section `6'.
Added section `7'.
`/usr/man' `' `1'
`/usr/share/man' `' `1'
`/usr/local/share/man' `' `1'
`/bin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/usr/bin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/sbin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/usr/sbin' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/usr/local/bin' `/usr/local/man' `0'
`/usr/local/bin' `/usr/local/share/man' `0'
`/usr/local/sbin' `/usr/local/man' `0'
`/usr/local/sbin' `/usr/local/share/man' `0'
`/usr/X11R6/bin' `/usr/X11R6/man' `0'
`/usr/bin/X11' `/usr/X11R6/man' `0'
`/usr/games' `/usr/share/man' `0'
`/opt/bin' `/opt/man' `0'
`/opt/sbin' `/opt/man' `0'
`/usr/man' `/var/cache/man/fsstnd' `-1'
`/usr/share/man' `/var/cache/man' `-1'
`/usr/local/man' `/var/cache/man/oldlocal' `-1'
`/usr/local/share/man' `/var/cache/man/local' `-1'
`/usr/X11R6/man' `/var/cache/man/X11R6' `-1'
`/opt/man' `/var/cache/man/opt' `-1'
`1' `' `-5'
`n' `' `-5'
`l' `' `-5'
`8' `' `-5'
`3' `' `-5'
`2' `' `-5'
`3posix' `' `-5'
`3pm' `' `-5'
`3perl' `' `-5'
`5' `' `-5'
`4' `' `-5'
`9' `' `-5'
`6' `' `-5'
`7' `' `-5'

path directory /usr/local/sbin is in the config file
adding /usr/local/man to manpath
adding /usr/local/share/man to manpath

path d...

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

OK, it's clearly hanging in dbstore(). Could you attach /var/cache/man/index.db to this bug, please? It shouldn't contain anything sensitive.

[xychix (xychix)]

if i type

  sudo -u man mandb -pd

the output is an infinitive loop