[Reportbug-maint] Bug#533395: reportbug: package verification stalls on not readable directories (files?)

[Andreas Beckmann]

Sandro Tosi wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 09:20, Andreas Beckmann<debian at abeckmann.de> wrote:
>> Package: reportbug
>> Version: 4.4
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> reportbug blocks infinitely if it encounters unreadable directories
>> (files?) during package verification.
> 
> do you mean just after
> 
> Verifying package integrity...

exactly:

$ reportbug bugzilla3
Detected character set: UTF-8
Please change your locale if this is incorrect.

Using 'Andreas Beckmann <debian at abeckmann.de>' as your from address.
Getting status for bugzilla3...
Verifying package integrity...
^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^C^CTerminated

Ctrl-C does not work, I have to kill it.

> If so, it's a bug in debsums, since we relay on it for package
> verification step.
> 
> Please confirm and I'll reassign this but to debsums (or you can do it
> yourself :)

There is no debsums (or other) process started by reportbug around, file
descriptors as listed by lsof before killing reportbug:

reportbug 8478 andreas    0u   CHR              136,8      0t0       11
/dev/pts/8
reportbug 8478 andreas    1u   CHR              136,8      0t0       11
/dev/pts/8
reportbug 8478 andreas    2u   CHR              136,8      0t0       11
/dev/pts/8
reportbug 8478 andreas    3r  FIFO                0,6      0t0 45379437 pipe
reportbug 8478 andreas    4w  FIFO                0,6      0t0 45379437 pipe
reportbug 8478 andreas    5w  FIFO                0,6      0t0    13461 pipe
reportbug 8478 andreas    7r  FIFO                0,6      0t0 45378635 pipe
reportbug 8478 andreas   10r  FIFO                0,6      0t0 50619776 pipe
reportbug 8478 andreas   11u  unix 0xffff88009d06b380      0t0 50619774
socket
reportbug 8478 andreas   12w  FIFO                0,6      0t0 50619776 pipe

I can't verify the problem using debsums:
    debsums -s bugzilla3
lists a lot of "(Permission denied)" errors
and exists with error code 2.

Andreas