From: Bernd Zeimetz <bernd@xxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 01:50:30 +0100 > What we're missing here is a probably important piece: > > If dpkg-query is running during a build, it is running in a fakeroot > environment. I've straced that, see the attachment. > > What I find in the strace are at least several clones, which is the > point where aptitude -u crashed according to the straces in > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=433187#102 Thanks for the fakeroot trace. I am pretty sure the clone()'s we see here are just normal fork()'s, in both the fakeroot's dpkg-query and the aptitude case. I'll go study up on fakeroot's implementation to look for potential clues. - 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
