thinkpad roger # date -u Wed Nov 17 20:11:49 UTC 2004 thinkpad roger # emerge-webrsync Fetching most recent snapshot Attempting to fetch file dated: 20041117 --- No md5sum present on the mirror. (Not yet available.) Attempting to fetch file dated: 20041116 here it hangs for at least 15 mins until I hit ctrl-c emerge -V : Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.6.9 i686) It's not only me, quite a few users reported that in #gentoo,but as usual don't file bugs. :( Roger Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Portage 2.0.51-r3 (default-linux/x86/2004.3, gcc-3.3.3, glibc-2.3.3.20040420-r0, 2.6.9 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.9 i686 Mobile Pentium II Gentoo Base System version 1.4.16 distcc 2.13 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [enabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] Autoconf: sys-devel/autoconf-2.59-r3 Automake: sys-devel/automake-1.8.3 Binutils: sys-devel/binutils-2.14.90.0.8-r1 Headers: sys-kernel/linux-headers-2.4.21-r1 Libtools: sys-devel/libtool-1.4.3-r4 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" COMPILER="" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoaddcvs autoconfig ccache distcc distlocks sandbox sfperms" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/gentoo" MAKEOPTS="-j4" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="X acl alsa apm arts artswrappersuid audiofile avi berkdb bitmap-fonts cdparanoia crypt cups doc encode esd f77 fam flac foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gphoto2 gpm gtk gtk2 imlib java jpeg kde ldap libg++ libwww lirc mad maildir mikmod mmx motif mpeg mysql ncurses nls oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl speex spell ssl svgatcpd tiff truetype wifi x86 xml2 xmms xv xvid zlib"
When reproducing the issue, please post 'ps wax -H' WHILE the script is sitting "locked".
nuking... roger, reopen if people still are hitting it. Offhand, the script hasn't changed, I just suspect the users were having local issues...
Closing due to old age