Re: `apt-get update` going 'E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room'

[<tallison@tacocat.net>]

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> Robert Waldner <rw@coretec.at> wrote:
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>>
>>Would it do that only on the "stable" box w/ only 32 MB RAM, I wouldn't
>>wonder,
>> but it's doing that also on a 256 MB "unstable" one.
>>
>>The error msg is exactly the same on both:
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>>..-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
>>E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
>>E: Error occured while processing kscd (NewVersion1)
>>E: Problem with MergeList
>>/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages>>E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. E:
>>Dynamic MMap ran out of room
>>E: Error occured while processing kscd (NewVersion1)
>>E: Problem with MergeList
>>/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages>>E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
>>..-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
>>
>>Any hints? 6 other boxes (stable, testing and unstable ones) are not
>> affected.
>
> Search the debian mailing list archives. It's asked about every other
> day. write this APT::Cache-Limit 10000000; into /etc/apt/apt.conf
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Wouldn't it make sense to make this entry in apt.conf a default
installation?  Kind of like a WISH_LIST item...