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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am currently working on a server that mirrors certain folders in it’s /etc/ folder through symlinks. This is causing dpkg to hang on the following message (strace):<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>08:55:53.141430 read(19, "status: man-db: triggers-pending"..., 1024) = 69<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I put a more comprehensive description here: <a href="http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/dpkg-hangs-indefinitely-919054/">http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-server-73/dpkg-hangs-indefinitely-919054/</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I need a way around this, as there is still development going on on the server (even though it is in production). The version of drbd I am using is 8.3.7.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for any assistance,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bruno Brouckaert.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><table class=MsoTableGrid border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=709 style='margin-left:5.4pt;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr style='height:70.85pt'><td width=180 style='width:134.7pt;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:70.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL-BE><a href="http://www.abc-groep.be/"><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=158 height=63 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CCBF31.C34CE140" alt="Description: http://www.ac-e.be/images/abclogo.jpg"></span></a></span><span lang=NL-BE><br> </span><img border=0 width=116 height=114 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CCBF31.C34CE140" alt="Description: http://www.ac-e.be/images/abc-groeplogo.jpg"><span lang=NL-BE><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=529 style='width:14.0cm;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:70.85pt'><p class=MsoNormal><b>Bruno Brouckaert<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><i>Junior Consultant System Engineer<o:p></o:p></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'>Address:</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'> Laar 179 B-2180 Ekeren<i><o:p></o:p></i></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'>Mobile:</span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'> +32 (0) 487 18 88 33<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL-BE><a href="http://www.meetabc.be/"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'>Work at ABC?</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:NL-BE'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>