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Bug#240050: apt-get seg-fault's (on most actions)



Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4

#Package: apt-get (Debian dpkg interface (Priority 30))
#Version: apt 0.5.4 for linux i386 compiled on Aug 19 2001 01:02:26

this is forewarded, as the previous package name was too detailed 
for the email-bot

> please see attached for commands issused (a slice of bash history
> .bash_history)
> Have also attached the only file I have edited (sources.list)
> 
> I updated my list of package servers, as I was getting lots of 404
> At this point it said something to the effect of "not enuf room for the
> MMap"
> After googling, reducing the number of package servers solves this, so I
> did.
> I also deleted the package lists in 
> /var/lib/apt/lists
> to ensure it was coherent.
> It re-downloaded all the packages, and then segfaulted
> (sorry no more specific information)
> Rerun, reboot, then rerun, same result
> (not that expected the reboot to make any difference, but I thought I'd
> check)
> 
> If I tell it to
> `apt-get clean`
> or
> `apt-get check`
> it also segfaults
> 
> I have deleted all the buffers I am aware of
> rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin 
> rm /var/cache/apt/partial/* 
> So this shouldn't be corrupt data
> 
> heads up please
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