apt-get hangs at the command gzip -d

[Thomas Lange]

>>>>> On Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:40:16 +0000, Binh Ngo <binh.ngo at ec.gc.ca> said:

    > Hi,
    > Did anybody encounter the problem where apt-get hangs at the command 
    > gzip -d during the instsoft task?

    > It hangs after all packages have been downloaded and before the 
    > preconfigure step. If I kill that gzip -d then apt-get continues!

    > The work-around for me now is to create a hook at instsoft and check for 
    > that gzip -d after a certain time.
Does it alsways hang at the same package, even when changing the
package list? Try to lower the value of the variable $MAXPACKAGES (or
-m when calling install_packages), maybe this will help.
You can also add the package strace to the nfsroot and try to strace
the gzip process.

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regards Thomas