Re: Bug#140391: apt: Umm... apt-get update now segfaults trying to read the package list

To: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>
Cc: 140391@bugs.debian.org, Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>, debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>, apt@packages.qa.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#140391: apt: Umm... apt-get update now segfaults trying to read the package list
From: John Wiegley <johnw@gnu.org>
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:38:58 -0700
Message-id: <[🔎] 87hemzlvy5.fsf@alice.dynodns.net>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.1020328232305.30601A-100000@wakko.debian.net> (Jason Gunthorpe's message of "Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:24:19 -0700 (MST)")
References: <[🔎] Pine.LNX.3.96.1020328232305.30601A-100000@wakko.debian.net>

>>>>> On Thu Mar 28, Jason writes:

> Almost certainly your cache files have somehow become corrupted (are
> you using XFS?)

Yes

> rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin

That did it, thanks.

John


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