Re: apt-get SEGV on hppa
I just fixed the problem by manually downloading apt_0.5.27_hppa.deb.
I installed it with dpkg and then did an apt-get -f install. That
fixed things. I guess I managed to download a broken version of
apt-get in my last upgrade.
> I just finished (2minutes ago) an apt-get upgrade:
> # dpkg -l apt\*
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name Version Description
> +++-==============-==============-============================================
> ii apt 0.5.27 Advanced front-end for dpkg
> un apt-doc <none> (no description available)
> ii apt-utils 0.5.27 APT utility programs
>
> without pb on my c110 debian unstable running a kernel 2.6.8-rc2-pa5 ;)
>
> John David Anglin wrote:
>
> >Today, I tried apt-get update and it seg faulted. Here is the gdb
> >backtrace:
> >
> >root@hiauly6:/# gdb /usr/bin/apt-get core
> >GNU gdb 6.1-debian
> >Copyright 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> >GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
> >welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain conditions.
> >Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
> >There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
> >This GDB was configured as "hppa-linux"...(no debugging symbols found)...Using host libthread_db library "/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
> >
> >Core was generated by `apt-get update'.
> >Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
> >Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.2-3.so.3.2...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
> >Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.2-3.so.3.2
> >
> >
> umm something weird: my install is /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5.so.3.3.0
>
> hth,
> joel
>
Dave
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