Bug#656865: apt-get update crashes
Package: apt
Version: 0.8.15.9
Severity: important
For me apt-get update fails most of time:
> apt-get update
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable InRelease
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org experimental InRelease
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/contrib amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/contrib TranslationIndex
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-free TranslationIndex
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org experimental/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org experimental/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org experimental/main TranslationIndex
Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main 2012-01-21-0227.10.pdiff
[22.4 kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main amd64
2012-01-21-0227.10.pdiff [30.3 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main 2012-01-21-0227.10.pdiff
[22.4 kB]
E: Method rred has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process rred received a segmentation fault.
The problem seems to depend on the downloaded data: I get this problem
most of the time, but not always; but when the problem is there, just
doing another apt-get update immediately will certainly fail, and if it
isn't there, doing another apt-get update immediately will certainly
work. Doing an apt-get clean doesn't help:
> apt-get clean
> apt-get update
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable InRelease
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org experimental InRelease
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/contrib amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-free amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/contrib TranslationIndex
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main TranslationIndex
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/non-free TranslationIndex
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org experimental/main Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.de.debian.org experimental/main amd64 Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://ftp.de.debian.org experimental/main TranslationIndex
Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main 2012-01-21-0227.10.pdiff
[22.4 kB]
Get:2 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main amd64
2012-01-21-0227.10.pdiff [30.3 kB]
Get:3 http://ftp.de.debian.org unstable/main 2012-01-21-0227.10.pdiff
[22.4 kB]
E: Method rred has died unexpectedly!
E: Sub-process rred received a segmentation fault.
I mostly use unstable with a few packages from experimental.
Philipp
P.S.: Some versions of other packages on my system:
dpkg: 1.16.1.2
debian-archive-keyring: 2010.08.28
libc6: 2.13-24
gnupg: 1.4.11-3
libgcc1: 1:4.6.2-12
libstdc++6: 4.6.2-12
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