Bug#81954: apt segfaults
Package: apt
Version: 0.3.13
Severity: critical
www:/var/state/apt/lists# gdb `which apt-get`
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This GDB was configured as "i686-pc-linux-gnu"...(no debugging symbols found)...
(gdb) run update
Starting program: /usr/bin/apt-get update
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Packages
Ign http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/main Release
Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Packages
Ign http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/contrib Release
Hit http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Packages
Ign http://non-us.debian.org unstable/non-US/non-free Release
Hit http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com unstable/main Packages
Hit http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com unstable/main Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/main Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/contrib Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Release
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x4006079e in pkgCacheGenerator::ListParser::NewDepends () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.2.6
(gdb) bt
#0 0x4006079e in pkgCacheGenerator::ListParser::NewDepends () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.2.6
#1 0x400a71b6 in debListParser::ParseDepends () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.2.6
#2 0x400a61e1 in debListParser::NewVersion () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.2.6
#3 0x4005f12c in pkgCacheGenerator::MergeList () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.2.6
#4 0x40066175 in pkgMergeStatus () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.2.6
#5 0x40069f84 in pkgMakeStatusCache () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.2.6
#6 0x400a5501 in pkgCacheFile::Open () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.2.6
#7 0x8052a7f in strcpy ()
#8 0x4005529a in CommandLine::DispatchArg () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.2.6
#9 0x805dc32 in strcpy ()
#10 0x40149b8c in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6
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