Bug#218917: apt: Apt dies with a memory corruption error
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: normal
Now for the second time, apt-get dies with
Reading Package Lists... Done
Speicherzugriffsfehleree... 78%
irregardless of the command issued (e.g. dist-upgrade, clean, ..).
(Sorry, I tried changing the german error message to C, but failed,
even and env LC_MESSAGES=C did not help, it means "memory acess
error").
I can solve the problem by moving both /var/cache/apt/pkgcache.bin and
/var/cache/apt-old2/srcpkgcache.bin to a new place. Copying them back
"restores" the problem.
If you are interested, I can provide you with those two files. IMHO
apt should complain "corrupted databases" if something has happened,
but not die. While I don't understand how they got corrupted (now the
second time within a few days).
Also, if desired, I can rebuild apt with debug symbols enabled and run
a backtrace on it.
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: alpha
Kernel: Linux sixtyfor 2.4.21-pre1 #1 Don Okt 2 18:27:25 CEST 2003 alpha
Locale: LANG=de_DE@euro, LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6.1 2.3.2-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-11woody1 The GNU stdc++ library
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