Re: Bug#148472: apt: apt-get always fails with a segmentation fault.

To: Ryan Tracey <ryant@thawte.com>, 148472-done@bugs.debian.org
Cc: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: Bug#148472: apt: apt-get *always* fails with a segmentation fault.
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 13:16:05 -0600 (MDT)
Message-id: <Pine.LNX.3.96.1020529131510.6631A-100000@wakko.debian.net>
In-reply-to: <3CF4BC4C.6040009@thawte.com>

On Wed, 29 May 2002, Ryan Tracey wrote:

> I am also using the XFS filesystem (I've applied the debianized xfs 
> patch for kernel 2.4.18 and rebuilt my kernel.)

XFS is known to corrupt the APT (AFAIK at least) mmap database in odd
ways. Don't use it for /var. 

Jason

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