Debian Bug report logs - #784081
debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64: expert netboot install hangs at step install_packages (tasksel): uninitialized value in vec at /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress

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Package: debconf; Maintainer for debconf is Debconf Developers <[email protected]>; Source for debconf is src:debconf (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Hendrik Schaink <[email protected]>

Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 20:21:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: d-i, moreinfo

Found in version debconf/1.5.56

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Report forwarded to [email protected], [email protected], Debian Install System Team <[email protected]>:
Bug#784081; Package debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64. (Sat, 02 May 2015 20:21:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Hendrik Schaink <[email protected]>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to [email protected], Debian Install System Team <[email protected]>. (Sat, 02 May 2015 20:21:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hendrik Schaink <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64: expert netboot install hangs at step install_packages (tasksel): uninitialized value in vec at /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress
Date: Sat, 02 May 2015 14:16:48 -0600
Package: debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64
Version: 20150422
Severity: normal
Tags: d-i



-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (990, 'stable'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-686-pae (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64 depends on no packages.

debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64 suggests:
pn  tftpd-hpa  <none>



Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian Install System Team <[email protected]>:
Bug#784081; Package debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64. (Sat, 02 May 2015 23:33:10 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to [email protected]:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian Install System Team <[email protected]>. (Sat, 02 May 2015 23:33:10 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "Hendrik Schaink" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#784081: Acknowledgement (debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64:expert netboot install hangs at step install_packages (tasksel):uninitialized value in vec at /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress)
Date: Sat, 02 May 2015 16:56:10 -0600
Hello debian-installer team,

The full text of hang condition as displayed in the last 2 log lines at tty4:

Apr 29 19:38:25 in-target: Use of unitinialzed value in vec at 
/usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress line {274|275}, <STDIN> line 2. 

The only way to get past the hang condition was to kill the most recent 
perl process executing /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress. At that point the 
installer displayed "Installation step failed" and allowed to continue 
by pressing the Continue button. I ended up skipping install step 
"Select and Install Software" to continue with installing grub2, then 
rebooted successfully. 

I took photos of the errors on the screen so I could report them. 
Please let me know if it would be helpful and I can e-mail those photos. 

Thank you,

Hendrik Schaink

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Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian Install System Team <[email protected]>:
Bug#784081; Package debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64. (Tue, 05 May 2015 06:21:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian Install System Team <[email protected]>. (Tue, 05 May 2015 06:21:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #15 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <[email protected]>
To: Hendrik Schaink <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#784081: debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64: expert netboot install hangs at step install_packages (tasksel): uninitialized value in vec at /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress
Date: Tue, 05 May 2015 08:02:15 +0200
Control: reassign -1 debconf 1.5.56
Control: tags -1 +moreinfo

Hi Hendrik,

> expert netboot install hangs at step install_packages (tasksel):
> uninitialized value in vec at /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress

This is most certainly a bug either in debconf or in the package it was 
configuring, but not in debian-installer-8-netboot-*. 

You might want to add more information to your bug, it's really too 
terse to even start investigating.

Cheers,
OdyX



Bug reassigned from package 'debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64' to 'debconf'. Request was from Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Tue, 05 May 2015 06:21:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


No longer marked as found in versions debian-installer-netboot-images/20150422. Request was from Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Tue, 05 May 2015 06:21:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Marked as found in versions debconf/1.5.56. Request was from Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Tue, 05 May 2015 06:21:07 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Added tag(s) moreinfo. Request was from Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Tue, 05 May 2015 06:21:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Information forwarded to [email protected], Debconf Developers <[email protected]>:
Bug#784081; Package debconf. (Tue, 05 May 2015 20:48:05 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Hendrik Schaink <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debconf Developers <[email protected]>. (Tue, 05 May 2015 20:48:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #28 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hendrik Schaink <[email protected]>
To: Didier 'OdyX' Raboud <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Bug#784081: debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64: expert netboot install hangs at step install_packages (tasksel): uninitialized value in vec at /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress
Date: Tue, 05 May 2015 10:12:27 -0600
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
... and here are the last two photos, #302 and #303.

Hendrik


On 15-05-05 12:02 AM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote:
> Control: reassign -1 debconf 1.5.56
> Control: tags -1 +moreinfo
>
> Hi Hendrik,
>
>> expert netboot install hangs at step install_packages (tasksel):
>> uninitialized value in vec at /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress
>
> This is most certainly a bug either in debconf or in the package it was
> configuring, but not in debian-installer-8-netboot-*.
>
> You might want to add more information to your bug, it's really too
> terse to even start investigating.
>
> Cheers,
> OdyX
>
[P1040302.JPG (image/jpeg, attachment)]
[P1040303.JPG (image/jpeg, attachment)]

Information forwarded to [email protected], Debconf Developers <[email protected]>:
Bug#784081; Package debconf. (Tue, 05 May 2015 21:03:14 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Hendrik Schaink <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debconf Developers <[email protected]>. (Tue, 05 May 2015 21:03:14 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #33 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hendrik Schaink <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#784081: Info received (Bug#784081: Acknowledgement (debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64:expert netboot install hangs at step install_packages (tasksel):uninitialized value in vec at /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress))
Date: Tue, 05 May 2015 14:58:26 -0600
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Hello,

Here are the photos I took while performing installation step Install 
Software:

#299 shows the log output I checked on tty4 when nothing was happening
#300 shows the main (expert) install screen on tty1
#301 displays the processes on tty2
#302 shows the result of killing process #
#303 displays the main install screen showing a failed step.

Attaching photos 299, 300 and 301 to this e-mail, 203 and 303 to the 
next. Hope this will be useful. Thank you,

Hendrik Schaink


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[P1040299.JPG (image/jpeg, attachment)]
[P1040300.JPG (image/jpeg, attachment)]
[P1040301.JPG (image/jpeg, attachment)]

Information forwarded to [email protected], Debconf Developers <[email protected]>:
Bug#784081; Package debconf. (Tue, 05 May 2015 21:03:18 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Hendrik Schaink <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debconf Developers <[email protected]>. (Tue, 05 May 2015 21:03:19 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #38 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hendrik Schaink <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#784081: Info received (Bug#784081: Acknowledgement (debian-installer-8-netboot-amd64:expert netboot install hangs at step install_packages (tasksel):uninitialized value in vec at /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress))
Date: Tue, 05 May 2015 15:00:26 -0600
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
... and here are the last two photos, #302 and #303.

Hendrik


On 15-05-02 05:33 PM, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote:
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