Re: dpkg segfaults
Wichert Akkerman writes:
> Previously Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>> Do you have any more details about how to reproduce the fault?
>
> Yes, I have a .tar.gz of a /var/lib/dpkg tree, if you use that and
> try to install then try to install libggi-target-svgalib and
> libggi-target-x dpkg will die.
>
> I'm uploading the relevant stuff to http://klecker.debian.org/~wakkerma/dpkg/
> now, it should be there in 20 minutes.
Thanks. I don't seem to be able to reproduce this on either of my
machines, however.
lyonesse$ really rm -rf root/ dpkg-bak/ && mkdir root && tar xfz db.tgz
lyonesse$ really dpkg --admindir=/home/richard/junk/dpkg-bug/dpkg-bak/ --instdir=/home/richard/junk/dpkg-bug/root/ -i *.deb
(Reading database ... 54240 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libggi-target-svgalib (from libggi-target-svgalib_1%253a1.99.2.0b2.1-2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking libggi-target-x (from libggi-target-x_1%253a1.99.2.0b2.1-2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libggi-target-svgalib (1.99.2.0b2.1-2) ...
Setting up libggi-target-x (1.99.2.0b2.1-2) ...
lyonesse$ echo $?
0
lyonesse$ dpkg -l dpkg libc6|tail -2
ii dpkg 1.8.3.1 Package maintenance system for Debian
ii libc6 2.2.2-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
lyonesse$
sfere$ really rm -rf root/ dpkg-bak/ && mkdir root && tar xfz db.tgz
sfere$ really dpkg --admindir=/home/richard/junk/dpkg-bug/dpkg-bak/ --instdir=/home/richard/junk/dpkg-bug/root/ -i *.deb
(Reading database ... 54240 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking libggi-target-svgalib (from libggi-target-svgalib_1%253a1.99.2.0b2.1-2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking libggi-target-x (from libggi-target-x_1%253a1.99.2.0b2.1-2_i386.deb) ...
Setting up libggi-target-svgalib (1.99.2.0b2.1-2) ...
Setting up libggi-target-x (1.99.2.0b2.1-2) ...
sfere$ echo $?
0
sfere$ dpkg -l dpkg libc6|tail -2
ii dpkg 1.6.15 Package maintenance system for Debian
ii libc6 2.1.3-15 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
sfere$
ttfn/rjk
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