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Re: Error while running apt-get update



You have to much info for the apt-get cache to handle.  Up the size of 
Cache-Limit.  I have my set very high.

joshua@sunlap:~$ cat /etc/apt/apt.conf
APT::Default-Release "testing";
APT::Cache-Limit 10000000;
Apt::Get::Purge;

Joshua SS Miller


On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 10:02, Robert Ian Smit wrote:
> * Jorge Santos <jsf@ciencias.unam.mx> [14-01-2003 02:24]:
> > I got the following error during my last update, after getting the
> > Package lists:
> > 
> > Reading Package Lists... Error!
> > E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> > E: Error occured while processing perl-doc (NewVersion1)
> > E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
> > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> 
> If you have no obvious problems on your side (i.e. disk space), I
> would give it another shot a couple of hours later. Perhaps the
> server was having problems or was being updated at the moment of
> your request. I am not sure if this is a valid reason, but I have
> solved apt-get problems by simply trying again a bit later.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 
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