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From: python-updater <wireless@×××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] python-updater won't complete
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:54:20
Message-Id: loom.20081021T023309-712@post.gmane.org
1 Hello,
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3 On a 586 machine, 600 MHz, 128 meg of ram. python-updater just sits:
4 * Starting Python Updater from 2.4 to 2.5 :
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6 and never completes. I tried several times, same result.
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9 The machine only an infrequently used web server, serving up about 6
10 static content web pages.
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13 Does python-updater require more ram to run? the machine is
14 minamalistic, it runs apache2 and not much else.
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16 I did recently switch the profile to 2008. but is has
17 had 2 emerge -u world updates (along with emerge sync).
18 I've even run revdep-rebuild and
19 emerge -p --update --deep --with-bdeps=y world'
20 which comes back clean.
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22 These 2 lines of top are suspicious to me:
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24 5513 root 20 0 1648 428 348 D 0.0 0.3 0:00.10 scanelf
25 5514 root 20 0 0 0 0 Z 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 python-update <defunct>
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28 bugs.gentoo.org does not reveal anything useful.
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31 thoughts and ideas are most welcome?
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33 James