Bug#120311: apt-cache segfaults on malformed status-file
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> Once you know what your particular error is then you can try to fix that.
> Since you say it runs OK as a normal user it sounds like something bad has
> happened to your cache files in /var/cache/apt/*.bin and erasing them will
> surely make it run again.
Bzzt, wrong answer.
IF there is corruption, track it down. Branden doesn't run any fancy dancy
file systems(xfs/reiser/jfs), so don't try to blame it there.
dpkg doesn't have problems(or he would have bitched at me).
You can't just assume that your saved memory state is valid. *Something* is
corrupting it. Just saying to remove them, and let them rebuild, is not the
right answer.
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