Re: apt-get problem
On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 09:17:59PM -0500, Tom Allison wrote:
> I keep getting the following error when I run 'apt-get update'
>
> Reading Package Lists... Error!
> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> E: Error occured while processing kernel-headers-2.4.13-586-ext3
> (NewPackage)
> E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> Reading Package Lists... Error!
> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> E: Error occured while processing kernel-headers-2.4.13-586-ext3
> (NewPackage)
> E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
>
>
> If I remove some of the entries in my /etc/apt/sources.list the problem
> goes away.
> It's not always kernel-headers-2.4.13-586-ext3 and it's not always the same
> sources I have to remove.
>
> Is there a limit to how many entries you can have in your sources.list file?
> I had 18 originally.
> I've cut it down to 8.
> I still get this same problem.
>
> The 8 that I do have, which fail, are:
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main \
> contrib non-free
> deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main non-free contrib
> deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US testing/non-US main \
> contrib non-free
> deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib
> deb http://termserv.berlios.de/debian stable main non-free
> deb http://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.vpn-junkies.de/openoffice/ woody \
> main contrib
>
Try upping your apt cache
set
APT::Cache-Limit "4194304";
in apt.conf
Good luck!
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