Hi. I'm seeing the same problem (unkillable dpkg-query processes appearing during building Debian packages) here on two U10. Both run sparc64-smp kernels. The error occoured both with the 2.6.18 kernel from Debian etch and 2.6.21 from Debian unstable. All builds happened in a Debian unstable chroot. As said, an strace attached to the process once it is out of control (indicated by the high VIRT size) shows nothing. I tried to use a wrapper script for dpkg-query which runs it under strace. The error still occoured but *after* the real dpkg-query already completed. The process getting out of control was the wrapper in this case. I've never seen the problem with anything else than dpkg-query. I've never seen the problem when running dpkg-query interactively, and it does happen very infrequently and with no ovious pattern. But I've never needed more than a few hours to hit it. I would happily provide more information if someone has an idea what would be useful and how to retrieve it. Gruesse, -- Frank Lichtenheld <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> www: http://www.djpig.de/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
