Re: apt-get update fails with MMap out of room

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Sven Schumacher (<sschu@informatik.uni-bremen.de>) wrote:

> today I got the following problem:
> 
> Reading Package Lists... Error!
> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> E: Error occured while processing alevt (NewFileVer1)
> E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> 
> When I try to apt-get clean apt-get segfaults...
> Any idea?
> 
> I tried to do:
> 
>  dpkg --forget-old-unavail
> 
> but it doesn't help...
> 
> here is my apt/sources.list:
>
> [...] 
> 
> I use a mixture of unstable and testing...

This is asked frequently, go here:

http://groups.google.de/groups?q=E%3A+Dynamic+MMap+ran+out+of+room&ie=ISO-8859-1

or read the apt.conf man page (keyword: Cache-Limit)

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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