On 16 May 2003, Klaasjan Brand wrote: > Hi, > > Just installed te latest kernel update. Now my problem is apt stopped > working :|. It just hangs at the "Reading Package Lists..." prompt. > (while at 66%). > Doing an strace reveals lost of pread function calls which just stop at > a certain moment. Is this an apt-get problem or a kernel one? Anyone > else experiencing this? It's a more-or-less known apt problem, seen quite a few such reports, seems to be caused by duplicated packages (which is a situation apt should nowadays handle automatically but apparently it doesn't always work...) Please report to apt-rpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx list. - Panu -
