Bug#1124940: W: Tried to start delayed item http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-proposed-updates/main amd64 fonts-opensymbol all 4:102.12+LibO25.2.3-2+deb13u3, but failed

Rene Engelhard <[email protected]> Wed, 7 Jan 2026 17:46:08 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.apt.devel
Organization Debian Project
Message-ID <2e1cf5c0-bc04-496e-a8af-363bae03c976__42499.582962931$1767805932$gmane$org@debian.org>
reassign 1124940 apt
forcemerge 1111554 1124940
thanks

Hi,

Am 07.01.26 um 17:30 schrieb Rene Engelhard:

>> After an update within trixie, with p-u enabled, I get an endless loop of:
>>
>> W: Tried to start delayed item http://deb.debian.org/debian trixie-proposed-updates/main amd64 fonts-opensymbol all 4:102.12+LibO25.2.3-2+deb13u3, but failed
>>
>> I have to manually ^C this.
>>
>> As etckeeper has already committed at that point, I think it’s dpkg,
>> but may be apt as well, please reassign as suitable.
> apt, I guess. You are not the fist who noticed that, that has been happening since long, was even asked about on #-devel etc.
>>   Also Cc’ing SRM
>> and maintainer of the package.
> 
> Which happens here and then on any random package. Neither is a source of it.

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1111554

Regards,
  
Rene