Bug#535218: apt-get / aptitude segfault when Cache-Limit is too small
package apt
severity 535218 important
merge 295051 535218
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> That is no solution. libapt should never ever ever ever
> segfault.
JackYF wrote a patch that completely replaces the Dynamic MMap
code (it's discussed in #474947).
That is likely to make this segfault unreproducible. It's not a
fix to this bug; but it seems this bug only triggers after the Dynamic
MMap bug has already broken apt.
(I'm guessing that the Dynamic MMap bug is creating a structure
with null pointers, and other code isn't ready for that.)
Steve
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