Bug#366717: Method http has died unexpectedly (Packages/DiffIndex)

[Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>]

On Thu, May 11, 2006 at 11:00:51AM +0200, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> * Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> [2006-05-11 10:56]:
> > Can I get a backtrace of the crash please?
> 
> What do you mean exactly?  A strace?

The crash in the http method is strange because the code in there
didn't change from 0.6.43.3 to 0.6.44. A strace might be good, the
output of:
# apt-get update -o Debug::PkgAcquire=true 
as well. 

If it segfauls a gdb backtrace (if possible). Access to a sparc
machine might be good as well if the above does not give us a clue. 

Does it help if it is run with:
# apt-get update -o Acquire::PDiffs=true
[this should be false, but there is a bug in the current version so
the meaning is inverted, but that is already fixed in bzr]

> > Does it only happens on sparc? Or on one of your other arches as
> > well?
> 
> I haven't tried on other arches yet.  I'll do so later.

Thanks, please let me know if you find problems there.

Thanks,
 Michael

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