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Bug#812251: fixed in apt 1.2.1



On Sun, 21 Feb 2016 23:11:57 +0100 David Kalnischkies wrote:

> On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 12:34:03PM +0100, Francesco Poli wrote:
[...]
> > Wiping /var/lib/apt/lists completely and starting afresh was useless:
> 
> Zip up the lists/ directory + your /etc/apt. DO NOT run update again
> before doing that. Upload that somewhere. Also/Alternatively run
> $ grep ^Date /var/lib/apt/lists/*Release

Hello David!
The output of this command is:

  # grep ^Date *Release
  httpredir.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_InRelease:Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 09:20:23 UTC
  httpredir.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_InRelease:Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2016 09:20:23 UTC
  security.debian.org_dists_testing_updates_InRelease:Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 16:10:41 UTC

> That way we should be able to get the needed files from snapshot.d.o
> (assuming you haven't third-party sources enabled).

No third-party sources enabled, hence everything should be obtainable
from snapshot.d.o ...

> 
> The "fun" part about these cache generation segfaults is that they are
> highly dependent on pretty much everything and the slightest change to
> the files (and possibly also the moon) will not trigger them again as
> the 'buggy' code behaves normal in 99,99% of all cases.
> 
> Having the files available might or might not help in figuring out the
> problem, but it at least helps consistently in figuring out if the
> specific instance is really found and fixed.

I'll see what I can do to make the files available.


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