Bug#166758: apt: apt-get does not work (nmap problem??) both with kernel 2.4.19 and 2.4.20-pre11

["Gábor" "Lénárt" <lgb@vega.digitel2002.hu>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: grave

root@vega:~# apt-get update
[...]
Hit ftp://security.debian.org woody/non-US/non-free Packages
Hit ftp://security.debian.org woody/non-US/non-free Release
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occured while processing libwxxt-dev (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
root@vega:~# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occured while processing libwxxt-dev (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux vega 2.4.20-pre11 #1 Mon Oct 28 10:12:53 CET 2002 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.70GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6          2.3.1-3        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-12      The GNU stdc++ library