On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 07:24:36AM -0000, Mungo Henning wrote: > I'm attempting to upgrade the kernel on my linkstation box and I'm getting > a dreaded crash in apt-get. [...] > --------------------------- > Buffalo400Gb:/tmp# apt-get -y install module-init-tools > Segmentation faultsts... 9% > Buffalo400Gb:/tmp# ls -lt /var/cache/apt > total 19800 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1000000001 Feb 22 15:41 pkgcache.bin > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 14336 Feb 22 09:39 archives > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 19169764 Aug 17 2007 available > Buffalo400Gb:/tmp# > Buffalo400Gb:/tmp# cat /etc/apt/apt.conf > APT::Default-Release > "stable"; > APT::Cache-Limit "1000000000"; > Buffalo400Gb:/tmp# > --------------------------- the file pkgcache.bin is 9991236 bytes on my system, yours is way too big. This is not a power-pc specific problem, try posting at debian-user, they have a larger brain pool that might help to solve your problem, Good luck, -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <hans@sociologi.cjb.net> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad?
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