Bug#185813: apt: All commands fail with "Dynamic MMap ran out of room"

[John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

This started after running an update:

Hit http://archive.progeny.com unstable/main Release
Hit http://archive.progeny.com unstable/non-free Sources
Hit http://archive.progeny.com unstable/non-free Release
Hit http://archive.progeny.com unstable/contrib Sources
Hit http://archive.progeny.com unstable/contrib Release
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occured while processing libltdl3 (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

christoph:/home/jgoerzen/t# apt-get install jpilot-mail
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occured while processing libltdl3 (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
Architecture: powerpc
Kernel: Linux christoph 2.4.20-ben8 #1 Mon Mar 17 16:38:36 CST 2003 ppc
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=en_US

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.1-13    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
hi  libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2       1:2.95.4-15 The GNU stdc++ library

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