Re: [PATCH] mm: fix page_mkclean_one (was: 2.6.19 file content corruption on ext3)

From: Martin Michlmayr
Date: Fri Dec 22 2006 - 06:08:39 EST


* Martin Michlmayr <tbm@xxxxxxxxxx> [2006-12-22 11:10]:
> > immediately when I started wget, the hanging apt-get process
> > continued.
> ... and now that we've completed this step, the apt cache has suddenly
> been reduced (see Gordon's mail for an explanation) and it segfaults:

One of my questions was why apt-get worked to install the
initramfs-tools, the kernel and some other packages but later hung
while it was building the cache (which clearly it had built already to
install some packages): before the installer offers to install
additional packages, it changes the apt sources, which leads to apt
rebuilding the cache, and here it hangs.

Remember how I said that downloading a file with wget prompts apt to
work again? Apparently any filesystem access will do (I just ran
find / > /dev/null). Gordon, can you confirm this?
--
Martin Michlmayr
http://www.cyrius.com/
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