Bug#961128: apt-transport-https: https fails with segmentation fault

[mehturt@protonmail.com]

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On Monday, May 25, 2020 11:32 AM, David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> wrote:

> On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 07:08:28AM +0000, mehturt@protonmail.com wrote:
>
> > #2 main (argv=<optimized out>) at ./methods/https.cc:546
> > Binary = "https.bin+https"
>
> I am curious, what is this "https.bin" file? Or rather, what is with
> "https"…
>
> You see, the method we ship(ped) in apt-transport-https should be in
> `/usr/lib/apt/methods/https`. We do not and never did ship a
> `/usr/lib/apt/methods/https.bin` (which is the file the core was
> produced for now that I look again & why this variable has this
> seemingly weird content).
>
> $ ls -l /usr/lib/apt/methods/https*
> $ file /usr/lib/apt/methods/https*
>
> Looks for me like you have some script (or at least a symlink) in
> `/usr/lib/apt/methods/https` which invokes `https.bin`.


While trying to get the core file I renamed "https" to "https.bin" and
created a shell script "https" which had "ulimit -c unlimited; /path/https.bin $@"
or something like that..

Sorry if that caused confusion.
m.