Bug#678225: libapt-pkg: Apt and related tools (apt-cache, aptitude, etc.) segfault on reading package lists
On 20 June 2012 12:17, Sohum Banerjea <sohumb@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yea, switching to a different mirror, then nuking and recreating
> /var/lib/apt/lists fixed it. Thank you!
Excellent :-)
>
> Is there anything else I can do to help diagnose the segfault bug?
Certainly, assuming you have not deleted the backup list files:
$ tar caf bug-678225-lists.tar.xz /var/lib/apt/lists.bak/*
Upload that (rather large) file somewhere and email back the link.
This will help someone to debug the segfault.
If you are comfortable using the debugger you could rebuild apt with
DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS="noopt nostrip" and have a go yourself.
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