Bug#166306: apt-get segfaults during update, upgrade etc.
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
I'm using linux 2.4.18, with libc6 2.2.5-15 installed.
Here's the strace log for upgrade.
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execve("/usr/bin/apt-get", ["apt-get", "upgrade"], [/* 34 vars */]) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="lsd", ...}) = 0
brk(0) = 0x806e2f8
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40013000
open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=60964, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 60964, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40014000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.2-3-2.so.3.2", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\220\307"..., 1024) = 1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=880300, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 883900, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40023000
mprotect(0x400e1000, 105660, PROT_NONE) = 0
old_mmap(0x400e1000, 106496, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0xbd000) = 0x400e1000
close(3) = 0
open("/usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0P\233\1"..., 1024) = 1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=288444, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 296584, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x400fb000
mprotect(0x40131000, 75400, PROT_NONE) = 0
old_mmap(0x40131000, 69632, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x36000) = 0x40131000
old_mmap(0x40142000, 5768, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40142000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\2007\0"..., 1024) = 1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=129768, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 132400, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40144000
mprotect(0x40164000, 1328, PROT_NONE) = 0
old_mmap(0x40164000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x1f000) = 0x40164000
close(3) = 0
open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3
read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\204\221"..., 1024) = 1024
fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1145456, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 1157888, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40165000
mprotect(0x40276000, 39680, PROT_NONE) = 0
old_mmap(0x40276000, 24576, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x111000) = 0x40276000
old_mmap(0x4027c000, 15104, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4027c000
close(3) = 0
munmap(0x40014000, 60964) = 0
brk(0) = 0x806e2f8
brk(0x806e318) = 0x806e318
brk(0x806f000) = 0x806f000
open("/dev/null", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC|O_LARGEFILE, 0664) = 3
stat64("/var/lib/apt/.", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
brk(0x8070000) = 0x8070000
stat64("/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/", {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_DIRECTORY) = -1 ENOTDIR (Not a directory)
open("/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = 4
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
brk(0x8072000) = 0x8072000
getdents64(0x4, 0x806f220, 0x1000, 0) = 80
stat64("/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=182, ...}) = 0
getdents64(0x4, 0x806f220, 0x1000, 0) = 0
close(4) = 0
open("/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=182, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40014000
read(4, "// Pre-configure all packages wi"..., 4096) = 182
read(4, "", 4096) = 0
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x40014000, 4096) = 0
stat64("/etc/apt/apt.conf", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=42, ...}) = 0
open("/etc/apt/apt.conf", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 4
fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=42, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40014000
read(4, "Acquire::http::Proxy \"http://pro";..., 4096) = 42
read(4, "", 4096) = 0
close(4) = 0
munmap(0x40014000, 4096) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/dpkg/status", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1843022, ...}) = 0
stat64("/usr/bin/dpkg", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=158184, ...}) = 0
stat64("/etc/debian_version", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=17, ...}) = 0
ioctl(1, SNDCTL_TMR_TIMEBASE, 0xbffff608) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {SIG_IGN}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGWINCH, {0x80632dc, [WINCH], SA_RESTART|0x4000000}, {SIG_DFL}, 8) = 0
ioctl(1, 0x5413, 0xbffff7d4) = -1 ENOTTY (Inappropriate ioctl for device)
open("/var/lib/dpkg/lock", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0640) = 4
fcntl64(4, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
fcntl64(4, F_SETLK, {type=F_WRLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0}) = 0
open("/var/lib/dpkg/updates/", O_RDONLY|O_NONBLOCK|O_LARGEFILE|O_DIRECTORY) = 5
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFDIR|0755, st_size=4096, ...}) = 0
fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
getdents64(0x5, 0x806f908, 0x1000, 0x19) = 48
getdents64(0x5, 0x806f908, 0x1000, 0x19) = 0
close(5) = 0
stat64("/etc/apt/vendors.list.d/", 0xbffff47c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
stat64("/etc/apt/vendors.list", 0xbffff47c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
open("/etc/apt/sources.list", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 5
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=820, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40014000
read(5, "deb http://shakti.ath.cx/debian/";..., 4096) = 820
read(5, "", 4096) = 0
close(5) = 0
munmap(0x40014000, 4096) = 0
access("/var/cache/apt/", W_OK) = 0
fstat64(1, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=6106, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40014000
write(1, "Reading Package Lists...", 24Reading Package Lists...) = 24
stat64("/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4024291, ...}) = 0
open("/var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin", O_RDONLY) = 5
fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=4024291, ...}) = 0
old_mmap(NULL, 4024291, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 5, 0) = 0x40280000
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/shakti.ath.cx_debian_kde3.1-beta2_._Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=354706, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/shakti.ath.cx_debian_kde3.1-beta2_._Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=354706, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_coda_debian_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8677, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_coda_debian_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8677, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_main_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8252965, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_main_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8252965, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_main_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=233360, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_main_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=233360, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_main_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=257874, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_main_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=257874, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_non-US_dists_unstable_non-US_main_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=98055, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_non-US_dists_unstable_non-US_main_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=98055, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_non-US_dists_unstable_non-US_contrib_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1111, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_non-US_dists_unstable_non-US_contrib_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1111, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_non-US_dists_unstable_non-US_non-free_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=7587, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_non-US_dists_unstable_non-US_non-free_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=7587, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_wine_dists_wine_main_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=7150, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_wine_dists_wine_main_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=7150, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_audio%5fvideo_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=48303, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_audio%5fvideo_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=48303, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_java_dists_woody_non-free_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8757, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/proxy:9999_java_dists_woody_non-free_binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8757, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7eblade_testing_._Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=23109, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7eblade_testing_._Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=23109, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/arachni.kiwi.uni-hamburg.de_%7eharlekin_._binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8524, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/arachni.kiwi.uni-hamburg.de_%7eharlekin_._binary-i386_Packages", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=8524, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/dpkg/status", {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1843022, ...}) = 0
close(5) = 0
write(1, "\n", 1
) = 1
old_mmap(NULL, 176128, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40657000
stat64("/etc/apt/preferences", 0xbffff08c) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
old_mmap(NULL, 348160, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40682000
brk(0x8083000) = 0x8083000
write(1, "Building Dependency Tree...", 27Building Dependency Tree...) = 27
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
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