Debian Bug report logs - #870624
proftpd postinst hangs

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: proftpd postinst hangs

Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 16:12:16 +0200

Package: proftpd-basic
Version: 1.3.5b-4

installation of proftpd hangs immediately after starting proftpd proces:

Warning: The home dir /run/proftpd you specified can't be accessed: No such file or directory
Adding system user `proftpd' (UID 110) ...
Adding new user `proftpd' (UID 110) with group `nogroup' ...
Not creating home directory `/run/proftpd'.
Adding system user `ftp' (UID 111) ...
Adding new user `ftp' (UID 111) with group `nogroup' ...
Creating home directory `/srv/ftp' ...
'/usr/share/proftpd/templates/welcome.msg' -> '/srv/ftp/welcome.msg.proftpd-new'
[ ok ] Starting ftp server: proftpd.

... hang here.

processes running:

4     0  14394  12252  20   0  18496  3924 -      Ss+  pts/1      0:00 /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 33 --configure --pending
0     0  14492  14394  20   0  57656 17472 -      S+   pts/1      0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/proftpd-basic.postinst configure
0     0  14497  14492  20   0      0     0 -      Z+   pts/1      0:00 [proftpd-basic.p] <defunct>
5   110  14581      1  20   0 124708  3768 core_s Ss   ?          0:00 proftpd: (accepting connections)
0     0  14600  12669  20   0  12896   984 -      S+   pts/2      0:00 grep -e pts/1 -e proftp

after stopping proftpd installation finishes.

this system runs sysvinit. When tried systemd, proftpd installed correctly.
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Message #10 received at 870624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>

To: 870624@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#870624: Acknowledgement (proftpd postinst hangs)

Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2017 16:23:04 +0200

after another attempt, it seems that proftpd process has FIFO open to
frontend, which prevents the frontend from finishing.
new process numbers here:

root       2182  0.0  0.2  57600 17380 pts/1    S+   16:13   0:00 /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /var/lib/dpkg/info/proftpd-basic.postinst configure
root       2187  0.0  0.0      0     0 pts/1    Z+   16:13   0:00 [proftpd-basic.p] <defunct>
proftpd    2272  0.0  0.0 124704  3788 ?        Ss   16:13   0:00 proftpd: (accepting connections)

# lsof -n -P |grep 16675

frontend  2182             root    8r     FIFO               0,10      0t0  16675 pipe
proftpd   2272          proftpd    3w     FIFO               0,10      0t0  16675 pipe


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Message #15 received at 870624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Michal Mauser <michal.mauser@netio.cz>

To: 870624@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: proftpd postinst hangs

Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 10:52:07 +0200

I can confirm this. We also have this problem only with sysvinit. It 
prevents us from automating virtual server deployments.
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Message #20 received at 870624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>

To: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>

Cc: 870624@bugs.debian.org, Michal Mauser <michal.mauser@netio.cz>, Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#870624: Acknowledgement (proftpd postinst hangs)

Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 23:50:18 +0100

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On 03.08.2017 16:23, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:

Hi all,

> after another attempt, it seems that proftpd process has FIFO open to
> frontend, which prevents the frontend from finishing.
> new process numbers here:
> 
After removing the following line from
/var/lib/dpkg/info/proftpd-basic.postinst the installation works OK.

#. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule

As we don't use debconf any more he removal should not hurt.

@Francesco: do you think this deserves an update for the next Debian
point release? I'd build test packages then.

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Message #25 received at 870624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>

To: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>

Cc: 870624@bugs.debian.org, Michal Mauser <michal.mauser@netio.cz>, Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie@debian.org>

Subject: Re: Bug#870624: proftpd postinst hangs

Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 08:37:20 +0100

Am 03.08.2017 um 16:12 teilte Matus UHLAR - fantomas mit:

Hi,

> installation of proftpd hangs immediately after starting proftpd
> process:
> 
I've put test packages on https://freeshell.de/~hille42/proftpd/870624/

Please test them and report back. Thanks!

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Message #30 received at 870624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>

To: 870624@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#870624: proftpd postinst hangs

Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:58:00 +0100

forwarded 870624 http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4312
stop

Am 03.08.2017 um 16:12 teilte Matus UHLAR - fantomas mit:

> Package: proftpd-basic
> Version: 1.3.5b-4
> 
Bug was already forwarded.

H.
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Message #37 received at 870624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>

To: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>

Cc: 870624@bugs.debian.org, Michal Mauser <michal.mauser@netio.cz>

Subject: Re: Bug#870624: Acknowledgement (proftpd postinst hangs)

Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:39:31 +0100

Am 20.02.2018 um 13:32 teilte Matus UHLAR - fantomas mit:
> On 19.02.18 23:50, Hilmar Preuße wrote:

Hi,

>> After removing the following line from
>> /var/lib/dpkg/info/proftpd-basic.postinst the installation works OK.
>>
>> #. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
>>
>> As we don't use debconf any more he removal should not hurt.
> 
> Just FYI:
> 
> according to the http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4312
> the fix should be fixed and backported to 1.3.6.
> 
Well, we can put the fix for 4312 into unstable.

> there's still a bug: http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4312#c5
> 
> but manual backport of the patch to 1.3.5e helped, I was able to
> build and install jessie (1.3.5-1.1+deb8u2), stretch (1.3.5b-4) and
> sid (1.3.5e-1) packages.
> 
I'm not sure if we should upload the patch into stable or if we rather 
should use my proposed work around. At least for stable that should be 
possible, oldstable still has debconf integration so we can't apply it 
there.

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Message #42 received at 870624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>

To: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>

Cc: 870624@bugs.debian.org, Michal Mauser <michal.mauser@netio.cz>

Subject: Re: Bug#870624: Acknowledgement (proftpd postinst hangs)

Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 13:32:08 +0100

>On 03.08.2017 16:23, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
>> after another attempt, it seems that proftpd process has FIFO open to
>> frontend, which prevents the frontend from finishing.
>> new process numbers here:

On 19.02.18 23:50, Hilmar Preuße wrote:
>After removing the following line from
>/var/lib/dpkg/info/proftpd-basic.postinst the installation works OK.
>
>#. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
>
>As we don't use debconf any more he removal should not hurt.

Just FYI:

according to the http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4312
the fix should be fixed and backported to 1.3.6.

there's still a bug: http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4312#c5

but manual backport of the patch to 1.3.5e helped, I was able to build and
install jessie (1.3.5-1.1+deb8u2), stretch (1.3.5b-4) and sid (1.3.5e-1) packages.

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Message #47 received at 870624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>

To: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>

Cc: 870624@bugs.debian.org, Michal Mauser <michal.mauser@netio.cz>

Subject: Re: Bug#870624: Acknowledgement (proftpd postinst hangs)

Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:57:35 +0100

>>On 19.02.18 23:50, Hilmar Preuße wrote:
>>>After removing the following line from
>>>/var/lib/dpkg/info/proftpd-basic.postinst the installation works OK.
>>>
>>>#. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule
>>>
>>>As we don't use debconf any more he removal should not hurt.

>Am 20.02.2018 um 13:32 teilte Matus UHLAR - fantomas mit:
>>Just FYI:
>>
>>according to the http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4312
>>the fix should be fixed and backported to 1.3.6.

On 20.02.18 13:39, Hilmar Preuße wrote:
>Well, we can put the fix for 4312 into unstable.

great.

>>there's still a bug: http://bugs.proftpd.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4312#c5
>>
>>but manual backport of the patch to 1.3.5e helped, I was able to
>>build and install jessie (1.3.5-1.1+deb8u2), stretch (1.3.5b-4) and
>>sid (1.3.5e-1) packages.

>I'm not sure if we should upload the patch into stable or if we 
>rather should use my proposed work around. At least for stable that 
>should be possible, oldstable still has debconf integration so we 
>can't apply it there.

I can confirm your patch works as expected.

since I reported problem with jessie (oldstable atm), I of course wish it to
be fixed there.

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Message #54 received at 870624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: <nyov@nexnode.net>

To: 870624@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#870624: Acknowledgement (proftpd postinst hangs)

Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 17:36:34 +0000

Hello. As a friendly reminder,

this issue has yet to be addressed in stable. :(

As this has consequences on unattended and scripted installs, 
and as a patch seems to be available for many months,
it would be very nice to see a fixed version uploaded. Thanks!

Message #59 received at 870624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>

To: 870624@bugs.debian.org

Subject: hanged APT during update

Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 10:08:34 +0100

Hello,

This bug just caused unattended-upgrades for two days until I noticed it.

Please, if possible, push fixed version to oldstable so this does not happen
again.

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Message #64 received at 870624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>

To: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>

Cc: 870624@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#870624: hanged APT during update

Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 14:50:03 +0100

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Am 08.11.2019 um 10:08 teilte Matus UHLAR - fantomas mit:

Hi Matus,

> This bug just caused unattended-upgrades for two days until I noticed it.
> 
> Please, if possible, push fixed version to oldstable so this does not
> happen
> again.
> 
I February 2018 I gave you test packages and told you to report back. I
never got response, hence the patch was not committed to the repository.
Do you now have the time to test?

https://freeshell.de/~hille42/proftpd/870624/

Yes, the packages are outdated now. Will you test now if I build new
packages?

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Message #69 received at 870624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>

To: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>

Cc: 870624@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#870624: proftpd postinst hangs

Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 09:58:18 +0100

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Control: severity -1 important

Am 03.08.2017 um 16:12 teilte Matus UHLAR - fantomas mit:

> Package: proftpd-basic
> Version: 1.3.5b-4
> 
> installation of proftpd hangs immediately after starting proftpd
> proces:
> 
Raising to sev important for now, else we won't get a fix into oldstable.

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Message #76 received at 870624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>

To: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>

Cc: 870624@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#870624: hanged APT during update

Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2020 17:01:59 +0100

Hello,

>Am 08.11.2019 um 10:08 teilte Matus UHLAR - fantomas mit:
>> This bug just caused unattended-upgrades for two days until I noticed it.
>>
>> Please, if possible, push fixed version to oldstable so this does not
>> happen
>> again.

On 17.02.20 14:50, Hilmar Preuße wrote:
>I February 2018 I gave you test packages and told you to report back. I
>never got response, hence the patch was not committed to the repository.

I am really sorry for missing this - my fault.

>Do you now have the time to test?
>
>https://freeshell.de/~hille42/proftpd/870624/
>
>Yes, the packages are outdated now. Will you test now if I build new
>packages?

I have tested upgrade from jessie 1.3.5-1.1+deb8u2 (my vmware installation)

- to 1.3.5b-4+deb9u3 (in stretch) hanged.
- to 1.3.5b-4+deb9u1 from the page above worked fine.

I assume your patch works fine.

Thanks for the work.

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Message #81 received at 870624@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Hilmar Preuße <hille42@web.de>

To: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>

Cc: 870624@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: Bug#870624: hanged APT during update

Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2020 16:07:03 +0100

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On 2/24/20 5:01 PM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:

Hi,

> I have tested upgrade from jessie 1.3.5-1.1+deb8u2 (my vmware installation)
> 
> - to 1.3.5b-4+deb9u3 (in stretch) hanged.
> - to 1.3.5b-4+deb9u1 from the page above worked fine.
> 
> I assume your patch works fine.
> 
Patch has been uploaded to git repo, I hope I'll get that patch into
oldstable.

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Message #86 received at 870624-close@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Debian FTP Masters <ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org>

To: 870624-close@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#870624: fixed in proftpd-dfsg 1.3.5b-4+deb9u5

Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 19:47:25 +0000

Source: proftpd-dfsg
Source-Version: 1.3.5b-4+deb9u5
Done: Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de>

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
proftpd-dfsg, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.

A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to 870624@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Hilmar Preusse <hille42@web.de> (supplier of updated proftpd-dfsg package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
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