Bug#678225: libapt-pkg: Apt and related tools (apt-cache, aptitude, etc.) segfault on reading package lists

[Daniel Hartwig <mandyke@gmail.com>]

severity 678225 normal
merge 674951 678225
affects 674951 aptitude
thanks

On 20 June 2012 09:57, Sohum Banerjea <sohumb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Package: libapt-pkg4.12
> Version: 0.9.6

Hello

> It appears that any apt- activity that depends on reading the package
> lists is failing. (aptitude --version doesn't fail, aptitude update,
> apt-cache policy, apt-get update, and aptitude show all do fail.)
>
> % gdb $(which aptitude) core

Did this start happening after using aptitude or apt-get to update?

Is it fixed by:

# rm -f /var/cache/apt/*.bin
# apt-get update

Regards