Description of problem: ps axf on a update shows 3542 pts/2 Ss 0:00 \_ /bin/bash 3768 pts/2 S+ 1:44 | \_ /usr/libexec/system-python /usr/bin/dnf update --enablerepo=updates-testing --releasever=26 6566 pts/3 Ss+ 0:00 \_ /bin/bash the dnf process has gone to sleep. I have had this on almost every single system I have updated from f25 to f26 attaching strace to the process gives [root@ipa3 ~]# strace -p 3768 strace: Process 3768 attached futex(0x7f59bddd42f0, FUTEX_WAIT_PRIVATE, 2, NULL the only way forward has been to kill the update and start it over and clean up Upgrading : libssh2-1.8.0-2.fc26.x86_64 403/2886 Upgrading : nmap-ncat-2:7.40-2.fc26.x86_64 404/2886 is the output from dnf 4616 ? SNs 0:00 /usr/libexec/system-python /usr/bin/dnf makecache timer is running and has gone to sleep also the last lines in dnf.rpm.log is Apr 18 22:37:03 INFO Upgraded: libarchive-3.2.2-3.fc26.x86_64 Apr 18 22:37:10 INFO Upgraded: libssh2-1.8.0-2.fc26.x86_64 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
I should add i have seen it on aarch64, armhfp, and x86_64
This sounds very similar to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1397087....
And also https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1397087 All of them are duplicates.
This is bug bug 1397087. I've trashed two machines now doing this. There should really be a warning ...
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1443415 ***
Not sure this is a duplicate, I have never had it hit in cleanup. its always been when installing the packages.