man-db trigger severely stalls package installation on ubuntu-24.04 runners #4030
Description
Describe the bug
The Processing triggers for man-db (<version>) ... step severely stalls package installation on ubuntu-24.04 runners.
To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- perform a package installation in a workflow step (e.g.
sudo apt-get install -y cmake make)
Expected behavior
It should not stall.
Runner Version and Platform
ubuntu-24.04 - 2.328.0
What's not working?
It severely stalls during the man-db trigger.
Job Log Output
with man-db installed
https://github.com/danmar/simplecpp/actions/runs/17596286012/job/49989142941
2025-09-09T21:32:47.6000054Z ##[group]Run sudo apt-get update
[...]
2025-09-09T21:33:05.7164187Z Setting up cmake (3.28.3-1build7) ...
2025-09-09T21:33:05.7204500Z Processing triggers for man-db (2.12.0-4build2) ...
2025-09-09T21:34:22.4463705Z Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.39-0ubuntu8.5) ...
2025-09-09T21:34:23.8854163Z
2025-09-09T21:34:23.8855001Z Running kernel seems to be up-to-date.
without man-db installed
https://github.com/danmar/simplecpp/actions/runs/17596361336/job/49989379055
2025-09-09T21:36:18.7174643Z ##[group]Run sudo apt-get update
[...]
2025-09-09T21:36:25.0539760Z Setting up cmake (3.28.3-1build7) ...
2025-09-09T21:36:25.0572075Z Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.39-0ubuntu8.5) ...
2025-09-09T21:36:27.1187474Z
2025-09-09T21:36:27.1187994Z Running kernel seems to be up-to-date.