Re: Bug#597124: update-notifier: "There is an error.." message and icon

[Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>]

tag 597124 - moreinfo
reassign 597124 apt
thanks

[Fabrizio: Please do not top-post]
[Reassigning to APT - APT team: context can be found below]

On Di, 2010-09-21 at 20:09 +0200, Fabrizio Regalli wrote:
> Sorry,
> 
> my previous e-mail has been sent incomplete.
> More output of gdb
> 
> 
> #0  0xb7cfdb16 in memcpy () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
> #1  0xbfffa990 in ?? ()
> #2  0xb79d8300 in pkgCacheGenerator::MakeStatusCache(pkgSourceList&,
> OpProgress*, MMap**, bool) () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.4.10
> #3  0xb79cb8ee in pkgCacheFile::BuildCaches(OpProgress*, bool) ()
>    from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.4.10
> #4  0xb79cba64 in pkgCacheFile::Open(OpProgress*, bool) ()
>    from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.4.10
> #5  0xb7a67d27 in ?? () from /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/apt_pkg.so
> #6  0x080accbd in ?? ()
> #7  0x0806232a in PyObject_Call ()
> #8  0x080e016b in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
> #9  0x080e2507 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
> #10 0x080e098b in PyEval_EvalFrameEx ()
> #11 0x080e2507 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
> #12 0x080e2607 in PyEval_EvalCode ()
> #13 0x080ffcbd in PyRun_FileExFlags ()
> #14 0x080fff22 in PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags ()
> #15 0x0805dd81 in Py_Main ()
> #16 0x0805cf6b in main ()
According to the backtrace, the bug appears to be in APT. Quoting the
remaining message, as deity@lists.debian.org is part of the discussion
now (due to the reassign).

> 
> 
> Thanks again.
> 
> Il giorno mar, 21/09/2010 alle 20.01 +0200, Fabrizio Regalli ha scritto:
> > Hi Julian Andres,
> > 
> > for sure. Here's the required information.
> > 
> > :~$ gdb python
> > GNU gdb (GDB) 7.2-debian
> > Copyright (C) 2010 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 "i486-linux-gnu".
> > For bug reporting instructions, please see:
> > <http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
> > Reading symbols from /usr/bin/python...(no debugging symbols
> > found)...done.
> > (gdb) run /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check
> > Starting program: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check
> > [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
> > 
> > Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> > 0xb7cfdb16 in memcpy () from /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > Fabrizio.
> > 
> > 
> > Il giorno mar, 21/09/2010 alle 18.08 +0200, Julian Andres Klode ha
> > scritto:
> > > tag 597124 moreinfo
> > > thanks
> > > 
> > > On Do, 2010-09-16 at 21:42 +0200, Fabrizio Regalli wrote:
> > > > Package: update-notifier
> > > > Version: 0.99.3debian6
> > > > Severity: normal
> > > > 
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > when I started gnome, my icon of update-notifier, on system tray, is always red
> > > > and, on mouse over, says "There is an error during update"
> > > > So i click on it, put the root password, and update-manager says "your system
> > > > is up-to-date"
> > > > At this point I try to re-lunch it manually, from terminal, with killall
> > > > update-notifier && update-notifier and I get this error:
> > > > 
> > > > [  139.996718] apt-check[2609]: segfault at 0 ip b75d7b16 sp bfa8c998 error 6
> > > > in libc-2.11.2.so[b7563000+140000]
> > > > 
> > > > Thanks.
> > > Can you still reproduce this? If you can, please provide a backtrace of
> > > running 'python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check'.
> > > 
> > 
> 


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