Your message dated Mon, 12 Sep 2016 14:44:03 +0200 with message-id <20160912124403.nu2mmccznrupheoa@crossbow> and subject line Re: Bug#837396: Segmentation fault with malformed preferences has caused the Debian Bug report #837396, regarding Segmentation fault with malformed preferences to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact owner@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 837396: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=837396 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact owner@bugs.debian.org with problems
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- Subject: Segmentation fault with malformed preferences
- From: Christian Schrötter <cs@fnx.li>
- Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 12:17:09 +0200
- Message-id: <[🔎] 85d48f7a-4485-4b2d-7252-2f5303e5bff6@fnx.li>
Package: apt Version: 1.0.9.8.3 apt crashes reproducibly with a malformed /etc/apt/preferences.d/something.pref file, if the package-line is missing or in comments: > #Package: * > Pin: release n=stretch > Pin-Priority: 50 > apt update > […] > Segmentation fault apt-get shows no error and works as expected! Tested at amd64. -- With kind regards, Christian Schrötter
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- To: Christian Schrötter <cs@fnx.li>, 837396-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#837396: Segmentation fault with malformed preferences
- From: David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>
- Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 14:44:03 +0200
- Message-id: <20160912124403.nu2mmccznrupheoa@crossbow>
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 85d48f7a-4485-4b2d-7252-2f5303e5bff6@fnx.li>
- References: <[🔎] 85d48f7a-4485-4b2d-7252-2f5303e5bff6@fnx.li>
Version: 1.1.exp9 On Sun, Sep 11, 2016 at 12:17:09PM +0200, Christian Schrötter wrote: > apt crashes reproducibly with a malformed > /etc/apt/preferences.d/something.pref file, if the package-line is > missing or in comments: > > > #Package: * > > Pin: release n=stretch > > Pin-Priority: 50 > > > apt update > > […] > > Segmentation fault > > apt-get shows no error and works as expected! Tested at amd64. Thanks for the report! The reason apt-get works is that it isn't showing an upgradeable statistic as apt does. The crash is caused by not checking for previous fatal issues, that is fixed in newer releases which is why I am closing this bugreport as done. apt (1.1~exp9) experimental; urgency=medium […] [ Julian Andres Klode ] […] * update: Check if the cache could be opened, don't just assume it (Closes: #756162) […] -- Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> Tue, 18 Aug 2015 11:15:52 +0200 Best regards David KalnischkiesAttachment: signature.asc
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