Bug#337831: apt-get fails with "Dynamic MMap ran out of room"

[Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.6.42.1
Severity: normal


I get this on "apt-get update":

    Get:1 http://mirror.pacific.net.au stable Release.gpg [197B]
    Get:2 http://mirror.pacific.net.au testing Release.gpg [189B]
    Hit http://mirror.pacific.net.au stable Release       
    Get:3 http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release.gpg [197B]
    Hit http://mirror.pacific.net.au testing Release                    
    Ign http://mirror.pacific.net.au stable/main Packages               
    Hit http://mirror.pacific.net.au testing/main Packages
    Hit http://mirror.pacific.net.au testing/non-free Packages     
    Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates Release         
    Hit http://mirror.pacific.net.au stable/main Packages          
    Ign http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
    Hit http://security.debian.org testing/updates/main Packages
    Fetched 3B in 2s (1B/s)  
    Reading package lists... Error!
    E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
    E: Error occurred while processing xmms-defx (NewFileVer1)
    E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.pacific.net.au_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-powerpc_Packages
    E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

If I edit /etc/apt/apt.conf and change:

    APT::Cache-Limit "8388608";

to:

    APT::Cache-Limit "12582912";

the problem goes away.


-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "powerpc";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Cache-Limit "8388608";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi";

-- /etc/apt/preferences --

Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 700

Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 650

Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 600


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --



deb http://mirror.pacific.net.au/debian stable main
deb http://mirror.pacific.net.au/debian testing main
deb http://mirror.pacific.net.au/debian testing non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main


-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.12
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to POSIX)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.3.5-6    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.0.2-2  GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                    4.0.2-2    The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

apt recommends no packages.

-- no debconf information