A.P. Lawrence

5.0.4 to 5.0.5 upgrade hangs

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From: Pat Heuvel <pheuvel@optusnet.com.au>
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Gday all,

A solution!

I set up a few links and got ps working. I was then able to find the
install process.

The install process had a child process which was a grep with a single
argument. This meant, of course that grep was waiting for input from
stdin! Having nothing else to lose, I killed the grep - rustle, rustle
(disk activity), silence. Checked ps again, a second grep. Killed that
one, more disk activity, and the install was away...

The two greps searched for (can't remember the exact) text in the
Netscape and Atlas installs, respectively. These products were not used,
nor were they installed at the site. So that was it!

Thanx to anyone who turned the grey matter in contemplation, and
especially to Bill for his response.

Regards,
Pat

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