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Bug#526879: marked as done (aptitude: exhausting number of descriptions when using l10n)

Your message dated Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:09:23 +0100
with message-id <87pqf1gbvg.fsf@turtle.gmx.de>
and subject line Old apt bug, fixed in 0.7.21
has caused the Debian Bug report #526879,
regarding aptitude: exhausting number of descriptions when using l10n
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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: aptitude
Version: 0.4.11.11-1

Using my crowded sources.list, aptitude refuses to do anything when using
french l10n:

# aptitude install
Lecture des listes de paquets... Erreur !
E: Vous avez dépassé le nombre de descriptions que cette version d'APT est
capable de traiter.
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_.._project_experimental_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: Les listes de paquets ou le fichier d'état ne peuvent pas être ouverts,
ou sont incompréhensibles.
Lecture des listes de paquets... Erreur !
E: Vous avez dépassé le nombre de descriptions que cette version d'APT est
capable de traiter.
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.debian.org_debian_dists_.._project_experimental_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: Les listes de paquets ou le fichier d'état ne peuvent pas être ouverts,
ou sont incompréhensibles.


No problem when setting LC_ALL=C, and I could not find a parameter in
examples/configure.index that I could tune to help.  Either a pointer to
it is missing in the error message, or the parameter is missing
altogether, or that limit should be made dynamic.


==== sources.list
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free

## *stable

deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian lenny main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian lenny main non-free contrib

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib
non-free
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile-sloppy main
contrib non-free

deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian etch main non-free contrib
deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian etch main non-free contrib

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile etch/volatile main contrib
non-free
deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile etch/volatile-sloppy main
contrib non-free

## exp

deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main contrib
non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian ../project/experimental main contrib
non-free

## externals

deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main
deb-src http://www.debian-multimedia.org testing main

==== apt.conf.d/99local
APT::Cache-Limit "33554432";
Aptitude::Get-Root-Command "sudo:/usr/bin/sudo";

==== preferences
Explanation: score debian-multimedia lower than unstable but still get
them ugraded
Package: *
Pin: release o=Unofficial Multimedia Packages
Pin-Priority: 101

Explanation: same as Default-Release, but origin-restricted as well
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian, a=testing
Pin-Priority: 990

Explanation: just enough so they are auto upgraded
Package: *
Pin: release a=experimental,o=Debian
Pin-Priority: 101

==== END

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.21

This appears to be another instance of the famous 

E: Wow, you exceeded the number of versions this APT is capable of.

bug that was fixed in apt 0.7.21.  See http://bugs.debian.org/354938 and
its many duplicates.

Cheers,
       Sven

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