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Bug#812251: fixed in apt 1.2.1



On Mon, 22 Feb 2016 21:24:04 +0100 David Kalnischkies wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 03:21:14PM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> > On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 11:11:57PM +0100, David Kalnischkies wrote:
> > > Zip up the lists/ directory + your /etc/apt. DO NOT run update again
> > > before doing that. Upload that somewhere.
> > 
> > http://q.bofh.de/~mh/stuff/apt-data-812251.tar.xz (42MB)
> > 
> > Hope this helps. Please tell me when I can remove the download
> 
> Thanks (also to Francesco who uploaded the files privately).

You're welcome!

> 
> Unfortunately I can't reproduce it with either at the moment, which is
> a bit strange at the very least in Francesco's case as his output
> suggests a segfault at 65% done, which should be still inside the lists/
> files and not in the dpkg/status file as the later is very small
> compared to (multiple) Packages+Translation files. Mhhhhh.
> 
> I drop my binary caches just to be sure
> # rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin
> and then I am trying as user with
> $ apt-cache policy -o dir::etc=/tmp/poli/etc -o dir::state::lists=/tmp/poli/lists -o apt::architecture=i386
> 
[...]
> That should be segfaulting as any apt command is building a binary cache
> (if need be in memory only), but it doesn't for me. I presume it does
> for you guys…

The above commands lead to a segfault on my i386 Debian testing box
(Soekris net5501-60 board), but not on an amd64 box.

Have you tried to reproduce the bug on an i386 (real hardware or
virtual) machine?



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