[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2011-04-13 Thread Julian Andres Klode
APT cannot check every single bit of the cache file for correctness, this would defeat the purpose of the cache. There are some checks for this, but it fails to notice every single possible error (no such check exists). ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Triaged = Invalid -- You

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2011-04-13 Thread tdn
If the cause of the crash is an invalid cache file, then this is still a valid bug. Maybe it should just be fixed elsewhere. I see two possible places: 1: The root cause is that the cache file has become corrupt -- so whatever made it corrupt should be fixed. 2: There should be some

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2011-01-26 Thread Jonathan Thomas
This is a problem with apt, not its frontends. ** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid ** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2010-12-17 Thread Teej
** Tags added: lucid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119707 Title: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2010-01-15 Thread Phill Whiteside
Also in Lucid as of today ... Phill. ** Attachment added: _usr_lib_update-notifier_apt_check.py.1001.crash http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37939489/_usr_lib_update-notifier_apt_check.py.1001.crash -- Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2010-01-15 Thread Gioele Barabucci
Phill, could you please attach your /var/cache/apt/{pkgcache,srcpkgcache}.bin files before deleting them? -- Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2010-01-15 Thread Phill Whiteside
Your wish is my command :-) ** Attachment added: pkgcache.bin http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37942260/pkgcache.bin -- Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2010-01-15 Thread Phill Whiteside
and the other one ... ** Attachment added: srcpkgcache.bin http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37942421/srcpkgcache.bin -- Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2010-01-09 Thread Teej
** Tags added: karmic -- Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2009-11-05 Thread Teej
There should be more than enough information here, and with the apport crashes in the duplicates for a developer to begin working on this bug, so I am marking this Triaged and will let them handle it from here. Thanks again everyone for reporting this to us. ** Tags added: metabug ** Changed in:

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2009-11-02 Thread Gioele Barabucci
Basically the problem here is that apt and aptitude cannot deal with malformed cached files. In my case these cached files have become corrupted because I had a power failure while updating my system. Probably the ext3 file system did not restore everything correctly. Could the next person that

Re: [Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2009-11-02 Thread Felix_55
Gioele Barabucci ha scritto: Basically the problem here is that apt and aptitude cannot deal with malformed cached files. In my case these cached files have become corrupted because I had a power failure while updating my system. Probably the ext3 file system did not restore everything

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2009-11-01 Thread Jonathan Thomas
I'm wondering if all the new dupes aren't caused by ext4 being a bit more prone to corruption. It's a theory, anyway. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium = High -- Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119707 You

Re: [Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2009-11-01 Thread Felix_55
Jonathan Thomas ha scritto: I'm wondering if all the new dupes aren't caused by ext4 being a bit more prone to corruption. It's a theory, anyway. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium = High It's possible... I have very little experience on... I have our bug reports only to be

Re: [Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2009-11-01 Thread Felix_55
Jonathan Thomas ha scritto: I'm wondering if all the new dupes aren't caused by ext4 being a bit more prone to corruption. It's a theory, anyway. ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Medium = High It's possible... I have very little experience on... I have our bug reports only to be

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2009-09-25 Thread Jonathan Thomas
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: Invalid = Confirmed ** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid ** Changed in: synaptic (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2009-07-22 Thread bi-abba
And, after all day trouble, check dpkg -C, etc., rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin and the content of related subfolders, plus a reboot, the service has restarted itself! Really strange... -- Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2009-07-22 Thread bi-abba
But sometimes happen this message (also if updates finish correctly!). ** Attachment added: adept.png http://launchpadlibrarian.net/29392977/adept.png -- Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119707 You received this bug

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2009-07-21 Thread bi-abba
Affected again, after last update: $ uname -a Linux Kubuntu904 2.6.28-14-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 8 07:21:34 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux How You can see, after upgrade from 2.6.28-11 to 2.6.28-14 kernel release it comes back! Same description of Gioele Barabucci... -- Apt crashes with

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2009-05-19 Thread Teej
Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue for you. Can you try with the latest Ubuntu release? Thanks in advance. ** Changed

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2008-10-28 Thread Sebastien Bacher
bug #286267 seems to be a similar crash and has a debug stacktrace -- Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119707 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 119707] Re: Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin

2007-06-13 Thread Gioele Barabucci
** Summary changed: - Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() + Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin -- Apt crashes with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg() on corrupted pkgcache.bin https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119707 You received this bug