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Bug#252139: apt dies (Dynamic MMap ran out of room); a lot of swap still available

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: important

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root@stalker# apt-get update
Hit http://nonus.debian.org stable/non-US/main Packages
Hit http://nonus.debian.org stable/non-US/main Release
Hit http://nonus.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Packages
Hit http://nonus.debian.org stable/non-US/contrib Release
Hit http://nonus.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Packages
Hit http://nonus.debian.org stable/non-US/non-free Release
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Release
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/contrib Release
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org stable/updates/non-free Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Sources
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Sources
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Sources
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Release
Hit ftp://ftp.tiscali.de testing/main Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.tiscali.de testing/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.tiscali.de testing/contrib Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.tiscali.de testing/contrib Release
Hit ftp://ftp.tiscali.de testing/non-free Packages
Hit ftp://ftp.tiscali.de testing/non-free Release
Hit ftp://ftp.tiscali.de testing/main Sources
Hit ftp://ftp.tiscali.de testing/main Release
Hit ftp://ftp.tiscali.de testing/contrib Sources
Hit ftp://ftp.tiscali.de testing/contrib Release
Hit ftp://ftp.tiscali.de testing/non-free Sources
Hit ftp://ftp.tiscali.de testing/non-free Release
Reading Package Lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occured while processing quantlib-ruby (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList
/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.tiscali.de_pub_debian_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-i386_Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
root@stalker# free

             total       used       free     shared    buffers cached
Mem:        511936     472432      39504          0      41268 325272
-/+ buffers/cache:     105892     406044
Swap:      1502036       9252    1492784


IMHO, plenty of space to work in :)
(Maybe I am spoilt by having begun on 8-bit machines...)

My sources.list:

deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://nonus.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free

deb ftp://ftp.tiscali.de/pub/debian/debian/ testing main  contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://ftp.tiscali.de/pub/debian/debian/ testing main  contrib non-free



-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux stalker.iGuide.co.il 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Mon Apr 12 11:37:50 UTC 2004 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.2.5-11.5        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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