Bug#431410: apt: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
Package: apt
Version: 0.6.46.4-0.1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable
apt-get does not work anymore.
# apt-get install exim4
Reading package lists... Error!
E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
E: Error occurred while processing blackbox (NewVersion1)
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Note that there are plenty free disk space:
0$ df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda5 20G 13G 6.3G 67% /
tmpfs 253M 0 253M 0% /lib/init/rw
udev 10M 76K 10M 1% /dev
tmpfs 253M 4.0K 253M 1% /dev/shm
/dev/hda1 10M 7.3M 2.3M 77% /boot
/dev/hda8 7.6G 4.9G 2.3G 69% /var
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Default-Release "testing";
APT::Get "";
APT::Get::Show-Versions "true";
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::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
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::Tools "";
DPkg::Tools::Options "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges "";
DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2";
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";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "/usr/sbin/update-dpsyco || true";
DPkg::Build-options "-b -uc -rfakeroot";
Acquire "";
Acquire::http "";
Acquire::http::Proxy "";
Acquire::ftp "";
Acquire::ftp::Proxy "";
Acquire::Retries "1";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
# testing
deb ftp://mirror.inter.net.il/pub/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://mirror.inter.net.il/pub/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
# unstable
deb ftp://mirror.inter.net.il/pub/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://mirror.inter.net.il/pub/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
# etch
deb ftp://mirror.inter.net.il/pub/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
deb-src ftp://mirror.inter.net.il/pub/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
# security updates
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.21.5-not-debian (PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=ru_RU.KOI8-R (charmap=KOI8-R)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.02.19-0.1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.5-9+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.2-20070609-1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.2-20070609-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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