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

[Adam Heath <adam@lapdoog.doogie.org>]

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, John Goerzen wrote:

> 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.

Please check for existing bugs before filing duplicates(check the pending
bugs).

I'll merge this and clean it up later, as I'm on my laptop atm.