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Bug#520673: marked as done (All programs in the directory /usr/lib/apt/methods segfault)

Your message dated Fri, 19 Feb 2010 15:19:06 +0100
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and subject line Close: All programs in the directory /usr/lib/apt/methods segfault
has caused the Debian Bug report #520673,
regarding All programs in the directory /usr/lib/apt/methods segfault
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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.20.2
Severity: important

On a D-Link DNS-323 rev. A1, whenever I do 'apt-get update', I receive the following output:

----------------------------8<-----------------------------
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly
----------------------------8<-----------------------------

(The return code is 100.)

Here is the debug information from the core dump (since it did not segfault in gdb using the 'run' command):

----------------------------8<-----------------------------
ron@NetStorage:~$ ulimit -S -c unlimited
ron@NetStorage:~$ /usr/lib/apt/methods/http
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
ron@NetStorage:~$ gdb /usr/lib/apt/methods/http core
GNU gdb 6.8-debian
Copyright (C) 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.  Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "arm-linux-gnueabi"...
(no debugging symbols found)
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.7-6.so.4.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/libm.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libm.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/libgcc_s.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libgcc_s.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6
Reading symbols from /lib/libutil.so.1...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/libutil.so.1
Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.3...
(no debugging symbols found)...done.
Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.3

Core was generated by `/usr/lib/apt/methods/http'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
[New process 2590]
#0  0x40cf9f78 in ?? ()
(gdb) backtrace
#0  0x40cf9f78 in ?? ()
#1  0x401aeebc in ?? () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
Cannot access memory at address 0xd3ee4
(gdb) 
----------------------------8<-----------------------------

All other programs in the same directory segfault exactly similarly to the above, meaning that it is impossible to install new packages or update existing ones via aptitude.  It is also impossible to use some other apt utilities, such as 'apt-cache' and 'apt-config'.

I installed the apt debug package; yet, gdb cannot easily locate the culprit of the problem.  I suspect that this problem correlates to a kernel upgrade.  This problem did not occur before the upgrade to the '2.6.26-13lenny2' version of 'linux-image-2.6.26-1-orion5x', which means that I am not certain if it is apt or the flash memory that is causing the problem.  Right now, I assume that it is apt that is the problem.

-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
Architecture: armel (armv5tel)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-orion5x
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  debian-archive-keyring       2009.01.31  GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii  libc6                        2.7-18      GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                      1:4.3.2-1.1 GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6                   4.3.2-1.1   The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc               <none>             (no description available)
ii  aptitude              0.4.11.11-1~lenny1 terminal-based package manager
ii  bzip2                 1.0.5-1            high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  dpkg-dev              1.14.25            Debian package development tools
ii  lzma                  4.43-14            Compression method of 7z format in
pn  python-apt            <none>             (no description available)

-- no debconf information

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Looking at the bug history the issue seemed to be a temporary
armel-port bug which should be fixed (as the bug history suggests).

At least apt works here on my armel "box", so i close this
bug now, but feel free to reopen it if it still an issue.


Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

David "DonKult" Kalnischkies

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