<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="julia&gt; Pkg.update()
INFO: Updating METADATA...
INFO: Computing changes...
INFO: Installing ArrayViews v0.6.4
INFO: Installing Compat v0.7.7
INFO: Upgrading DataArrays: v0.2.19 =&gt; v0.2.20"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">julia&gt; Pkg.update()
INFO: Updating METADATA...
INFO: Computing changes...
INFO: Installing ArrayViews v0.6.4
INFO: Installing Compat v0.7.7
INFO: Upgrading DataArrays: v0.2.19 =&gt; v0.2.20
</code></pre></div>
<p dir="auto">My update hangs for over 2 hours.</p>
<p dir="auto">Observed on OS X 10.11, julia 0.4.0, 0.4.1 and release-0.4 HEAD, but not on master.</p>
<p dir="auto">To reproduce, create an empty v0.4 directory with METADATA and DataArrays v0.2.19 installed, and create a REQUIRE file with "DataArrays" as the only entry.</p>
<p dir="auto">Backtrace on julia-debug if it's helpful:</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="* thread #1: tid = 0x64352e, 0x00007fff8d217072 libsystem_kernel.dylib`kevent + 10, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = signal SIGSTOP
    frame #0: 0x00007fff8d217072 libsystem_kernel.dylib`kevent + 10
    frame #1: 0x000000010211e2cc libjulia-debug.dylib`uv__io_poll(loop=0x0000000102d75338, timeout=&lt;unavailable&gt;) + 684 at kqueue.c:130 [opt]
    frame #2: 0x000000010210e838 libjulia-debug.dylib`uv_run(loop=0x0000000102d75338, mode=UV_RUN_ONCE) + 360 at core.c:294 [opt]
  * frame #3: 0x00000001020cdf31 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_run_once(loop=0x0000000102d75338) + 65 at jl_uv.c:116
    frame #4: 0x00000001035dd511 sys-debug.dylib`julia_process_events_17564 + 225 at stream.jl:713 [opt]
    frame #5: 0x00000001035dd1ba sys-debug.dylib`julia_wait_17562 + 154 at task.jl:360 [opt]
    frame #6: 0x00000001035dcfa6 sys-debug.dylib`julia_wait_17560 + 454 at task.jl:286 [opt]
    frame #7: 0x0000000101fb71f0 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x0000000107621630, args=0x00007fff5dc63090, nargs=1) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #8: 0x0000000101fb9cf1 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply_generic(F=0x0000000107621290, args=0x00007fff5dc63090, nargs=1) + 529 at gf.c:1684
    frame #9: 0x0000000103623d88 sys-debug.dylib`julia_stream_wait_19296 + 488 at stream.jl:60 [opt]
    frame #10: 0x0000000103623b73 sys-debug.dylib`julia_wait_19295 + 115 at process.jl:655 [opt]
    frame #11: 0x0000000306851f34
    frame #12: 0x0000000306851e43
    frame #13: 0x0000000101fb71f0 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x0000000108861550, args=0x00007fff5dc63220, nargs=1) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #14: 0x0000000101fb9cf1 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply_generic(F=0x0000000106b4e690, args=0x00007fff5dc63220, nargs=1) + 529 at gf.c:1684
    frame #15: 0x0000000306855265
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    frame #17: 0x0000000101fb9cf1 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply_generic(F=0x0000000106d6c150, args=0x00007fff5dc63378, nargs=1) + 529 at gf.c:1684
    frame #18: 0x0000000306854496
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    frame #20: 0x0000000101fc7f50 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x0000000108544ab0, args=0x00007fff5dc63538, nargs=2) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #21: 0x0000000101fc8583 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_f_kwcall(F=0x0000000000000000, args=0x00007fff5dc63538, nargs=2) + 931 at builtins.c:545
    frame #22: 0x0000000306893484
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    frame #25: 0x0000000101fc7f50 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x00000001087d7110, args=0x00007fff5dc63d40, nargs=2) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #26: 0x0000000101fca9cb libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_trampoline(F=0x00000001087d7110, args=0x00007fff5dc63d40, nargs=2) + 235 at builtins.c:1037
    frame #27: 0x0000000101fb71f0 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x00000001087d7110, args=0x00007fff5dc63d40, nargs=2) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #28: 0x0000000101fb9e10 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply_generic(F=0x00000001058746d0, args=0x00007fff5dc63d40, nargs=2) + 816 at gf.c:1708
    frame #29: 0x00000001036317e2 sys-debug.dylib`julia_resolve_19574 + 6738 at entry.jl:459 [opt]
    frame #30: 0x000000010362a7ee sys-debug.dylib`julia_update_19438 + 5166 at entry.jl:313 [opt]
    frame #31: 0x0000000101fc7f50 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x0000000106393830, args=0x00007fff5dc64240, nargs=1) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #32: 0x0000000101fca9cb libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_trampoline(F=0x0000000106393830, args=0x00007fff5dc64240, nargs=1) + 235 at builtins.c:1037
    frame #33: 0x0000000101fb71f0 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x0000000106393830, args=0x00007fff5dc64240, nargs=1) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #34: 0x0000000101fb9cf1 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply_generic(F=0x0000000106393790, args=0x00007fff5dc64240, nargs=1) + 529 at gf.c:1684
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    frame #39: 0x0000000101fca9cb libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_trampoline(F=0x00000001086d4df0, args=0x0000000000000000, nargs=0) + 235 at builtins.c:1037
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    frame #47: 0x0000000101fca9cb libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_trampoline(F=0x00000001086dd970, args=0x00007fff5dc649e8, nargs=3) + 235 at builtins.c:1037
    frame #48: 0x0000000101fb71f0 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x00000001086dd970, args=0x00007fff5dc649e8, nargs=3) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #49: 0x0000000101fb9e10 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply_generic(F=0x00000001061bb8f0, args=0x00007fff5dc649e8, nargs=3) + 816 at gf.c:1708
    frame #50: 0x00000001036600a7 sys-debug.dylib`julia_update_20232 + 215 at pkg.jl:45 [opt]
    frame #51: 0x00000001036600d9 sys-debug.dylib`jlcall_update_20232 + 9
    frame #52: 0x0000000101fc7f50 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x00000001063c1d10, args=0x00007fff5dc64c18, nargs=0) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #53: 0x0000000101fca9cb libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_trampoline(F=0x00000001063c1d10, args=0x00007fff5dc64c18, nargs=0) + 235 at builtins.c:1037
    frame #54: 0x0000000101fb71f0 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x00000001063c1d10, args=0x00007fff5dc64c18, nargs=0) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #55: 0x0000000101fb9cf1 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply_generic(F=0x00000001063c1cb0, args=0x00007fff5dc64c18, nargs=0) + 529 at gf.c:1684
    frame #56: 0x00000001020aba10 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x00000001063c1cb0, args=0x00007fff5dc64c18, nargs=0) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #57: 0x00000001020ab303 libjulia-debug.dylib`do_call(f=0x00000001063c1cb0, args=0x00000001095ae708, nargs=0, eval0=0x0000000000000000, locals=0x0000000000000000, nl=0, ngensym=0) + 371 at interpreter.c:65
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    frame #59: 0x00000001020a77cd libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_interpret_toplevel_expr(e=0x0000000108701490) + 45 at interpreter.c:27
    frame #60: 0x00000001020ca86b libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_toplevel_eval_flex(e=0x00000001087004d0, fast=1) + 2347 at toplevel.c:527
    frame #61: 0x00000001020cb278 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_toplevel_eval(v=0x00000001087004d0) + 40 at toplevel.c:550
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    frame #66: 0x0000000101fc7f50 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x0000000108700870, args=0x00007fff5dc65808, nargs=2) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #67: 0x0000000101fca9cb libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_trampoline(F=0x0000000108700870, args=0x00007fff5dc65808, nargs=2) + 235 at builtins.c:1037
    frame #68: 0x0000000101fb71f0 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x0000000108700870, args=0x00007fff5dc65808, nargs=2) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #69: 0x0000000101fb9e10 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply_generic(F=0x00000001061b8f30, args=0x00007fff5dc65808, nargs=2) + 816 at gf.c:1708
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    frame #72: 0x0000000101fca9cb libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_trampoline(F=0x0000000107f2da70, args=0x0000000000000000, nargs=0) + 235 at builtins.c:1037
    frame #73: 0x00000001020b7fc0 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x0000000107f2da70, args=0x0000000000000000, nargs=0) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #74: 0x00000001020b7f6f libjulia-debug.dylib`start_task + 47 at task.c:240"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">* thread #1: tid = 0x64352e, 0x00007fff8d217072 libsystem_kernel.dylib`kevent + 10, queue = 'com.apple.main-thread', stop reason = signal SIGSTOP
    frame #0: 0x00007fff8d217072 libsystem_kernel.dylib`kevent + 10
    frame #1: 0x000000010211e2cc libjulia-debug.dylib`uv__io_poll(loop=0x0000000102d75338, timeout=&lt;unavailable&gt;) + 684 at kqueue.c:130 [opt]
    frame #2: 0x000000010210e838 libjulia-debug.dylib`uv_run(loop=0x0000000102d75338, mode=UV_RUN_ONCE) + 360 at core.c:294 [opt]
  * frame #3: 0x00000001020cdf31 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_run_once(loop=0x0000000102d75338) + 65 at jl_uv.c:116
    frame #4: 0x00000001035dd511 sys-debug.dylib`julia_process_events_17564 + 225 at stream.jl:713 [opt]
    frame #5: 0x00000001035dd1ba sys-debug.dylib`julia_wait_17562 + 154 at task.jl:360 [opt]
    frame #6: 0x00000001035dcfa6 sys-debug.dylib`julia_wait_17560 + 454 at task.jl:286 [opt]
    frame #7: 0x0000000101fb71f0 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x0000000107621630, args=0x00007fff5dc63090, nargs=1) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #8: 0x0000000101fb9cf1 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply_generic(F=0x0000000107621290, args=0x00007fff5dc63090, nargs=1) + 529 at gf.c:1684
    frame #9: 0x0000000103623d88 sys-debug.dylib`julia_stream_wait_19296 + 488 at stream.jl:60 [opt]
    frame #10: 0x0000000103623b73 sys-debug.dylib`julia_wait_19295 + 115 at process.jl:655 [opt]
    frame #11: 0x0000000306851f34
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    frame #13: 0x0000000101fb71f0 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x0000000108861550, args=0x00007fff5dc63220, nargs=1) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #14: 0x0000000101fb9cf1 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply_generic(F=0x0000000106b4e690, args=0x00007fff5dc63220, nargs=1) + 529 at gf.c:1684
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    frame #17: 0x0000000101fb9cf1 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply_generic(F=0x0000000106d6c150, args=0x00007fff5dc63378, nargs=1) + 529 at gf.c:1684
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    frame #21: 0x0000000101fc8583 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_f_kwcall(F=0x0000000000000000, args=0x00007fff5dc63538, nargs=2) + 931 at builtins.c:545
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    frame #25: 0x0000000101fc7f50 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x00000001087d7110, args=0x00007fff5dc63d40, nargs=2) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #26: 0x0000000101fca9cb libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_trampoline(F=0x00000001087d7110, args=0x00007fff5dc63d40, nargs=2) + 235 at builtins.c:1037
    frame #27: 0x0000000101fb71f0 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x00000001087d7110, args=0x00007fff5dc63d40, nargs=2) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #28: 0x0000000101fb9e10 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply_generic(F=0x00000001058746d0, args=0x00007fff5dc63d40, nargs=2) + 816 at gf.c:1708
    frame #29: 0x00000001036317e2 sys-debug.dylib`julia_resolve_19574 + 6738 at entry.jl:459 [opt]
    frame #30: 0x000000010362a7ee sys-debug.dylib`julia_update_19438 + 5166 at entry.jl:313 [opt]
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    frame #51: 0x00000001036600d9 sys-debug.dylib`jlcall_update_20232 + 9
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    frame #53: 0x0000000101fca9cb libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_trampoline(F=0x00000001063c1d10, args=0x00007fff5dc64c18, nargs=0) + 235 at builtins.c:1037
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    frame #55: 0x0000000101fb9cf1 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply_generic(F=0x00000001063c1cb0, args=0x00007fff5dc64c18, nargs=0) + 529 at gf.c:1684
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    frame #68: 0x0000000101fb71f0 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x0000000108700870, args=0x00007fff5dc65808, nargs=2) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #69: 0x0000000101fb9e10 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply_generic(F=0x00000001061b8f30, args=0x00007fff5dc65808, nargs=2) + 816 at gf.c:1708
    frame #70: 0x00000003068411cc
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    frame #72: 0x0000000101fca9cb libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_trampoline(F=0x0000000107f2da70, args=0x0000000000000000, nargs=0) + 235 at builtins.c:1037
    frame #73: 0x00000001020b7fc0 libjulia-debug.dylib`jl_apply(f=0x0000000107f2da70, args=0x0000000000000000, nargs=0) + 64 at julia.h:1325
    frame #74: 0x00000001020b7f6f libjulia-debug.dylib`start_task + 47 at task.c:240
</code></pre></div>
<p dir="auto">I find that <code class="notranslate">Pkg.udpate()</code> stalls almost every time when updating a package to a new version. This is how a typical output looks like:</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="julia&gt; Pkg.update()
INFO: Updating METADATA...
INFO: Updating cache of Gadfly...
INFO: Updating cache of Clang...
INFO: Updating cache of Compose...
INFO: Updating cache of Clang...
INFO: Updating SmallInts...
INFO: Updating MPI...
INFO: Updating FloatHigher...
INFO: Updating Hwloc...
INFO: Updating JLD...
INFO: Updating AutoBenchmark...
INFO: Updating PETSc...
INFO: Updating ClusterManagers...
INFO: Updating HDF5...
INFO: Updating Variants...
INFO: Updating HelloWorld...
INFO: Updating WideInts...
INFO: Updating Elemental...
INFO: Updating Persist...
INFO: Computing changes...
INFO: Upgrading Compose: v0.4.0 =&gt; v0.4.1
julia&gt; Pkg.update()
INFO: Updating METADATA...
INFO: Updating cache of Gadfly...
INFO: Updating cache of Clang...
INFO: Updating cache of Compose...
INFO: Updating cache of Clang...
INFO: Updating SmallInts...
INFO: Updating MPI...
INFO: Updating FloatHigher...
INFO: Updating Hwloc...
INFO: Updating JLD...
INFO: Updating AutoBenchmark...
INFO: Updating PETSc...
INFO: Updating ClusterManagers...
INFO: Updating HDF5...
INFO: Updating Variants...
INFO: Updating HelloWorld...
INFO: Updating WideInts...
INFO: Updating Elemental...
INFO: Updating Persist...
INFO: Computing changes...
INFO: Upgrading Compose: v0.4.0 =&gt; v0.4.1"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">julia&gt; Pkg.update()
INFO: Updating METADATA...
INFO: Updating cache of Gadfly...
INFO: Updating cache of Clang...
INFO: Updating cache of Compose...
INFO: Updating cache of Clang...
INFO: Updating SmallInts...
INFO: Updating MPI...
INFO: Updating FloatHigher...
INFO: Updating Hwloc...
INFO: Updating JLD...
INFO: Updating AutoBenchmark...
INFO: Updating PETSc...
INFO: Updating ClusterManagers...
INFO: Updating HDF5...
INFO: Updating Variants...
INFO: Updating HelloWorld...
INFO: Updating WideInts...
INFO: Updating Elemental...
INFO: Updating Persist...
INFO: Computing changes...
INFO: Upgrading Compose: v0.4.0 =&gt; v0.4.1
julia&gt; Pkg.update()
INFO: Updating METADATA...
INFO: Updating cache of Gadfly...
INFO: Updating cache of Clang...
INFO: Updating cache of Compose...
INFO: Updating cache of Clang...
INFO: Updating SmallInts...
INFO: Updating MPI...
INFO: Updating FloatHigher...
INFO: Updating Hwloc...
INFO: Updating JLD...
INFO: Updating AutoBenchmark...
INFO: Updating PETSc...
INFO: Updating ClusterManagers...
INFO: Updating HDF5...
INFO: Updating Variants...
INFO: Updating HelloWorld...
INFO: Updating WideInts...
INFO: Updating Elemental...
INFO: Updating Persist...
INFO: Computing changes...
INFO: Upgrading Compose: v0.4.0 =&gt; v0.4.1
</code></pre></div>
<p dir="auto">Here, nothing happens any more. To remedy this, I can e.g. abort, and then manually <code class="notranslate">git fetch</code> this repository. Alternatively, I can <code class="notranslate">Pkg.checkout("Compose"); Pkg.free("Compose")</code>. Both usually remedy the hang.</p>
<div class="snippet-clipboard-content notranslate position-relative overflow-auto" data-snippet-clipboard-copy-content="julia&gt; versioninfo()
Julia Version 0.4.3-pre+8
Commit 8402319* (2016-01-09 00:36 UTC)
Platform Info:
  System: Darwin (x86_64-apple-darwin15.2.0)
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  BLAS: libopenblas (USE64BITINT DYNAMIC_ARCH NO_AFFINITY Haswell)
  LAPACK: libopenblas64_
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-3.3"><pre class="notranslate"><code class="notranslate">julia&gt; versioninfo()
Julia Version 0.4.3-pre+8
Commit 8402319* (2016-01-09 00:36 UTC)
Platform Info:
  System: Darwin (x86_64-apple-darwin15.2.0)
  CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4980HQ CPU @ 2.80GHz
  WORD_SIZE: 64
  BLAS: libopenblas (USE64BITINT DYNAMIC_ARCH NO_AFFINITY Haswell)
  LAPACK: libopenblas64_
  LIBM: libopenlibm
  LLVM: libLLVM-3.3
</code></pre></div>