On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 09:26:31PM +0200, Jakub Wilk wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 1.1~exp2 > Severity: minor
Thanks for your bugreport. > # apt-get install -qq /dev/null > Segmentation fault > > It would be nice if apt could print a helpful error message instead > of segfaulting. For example, this is what dpkg says: > > # dpkg -i /dev/null > dpkg-deb: error: `/dev/null' is not a debian format archive > dpkg: error processing archive /dev/null (--install): > subprocess dpkg-deb --control returned error exit status 2 > Errors were encountered while processing: > /dev/null This is fixed in git now. Cheers, Michael > -- System Information: > Debian Release: jessie/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'experimental') > Architecture: i386 (x86_64) > Foreign Architectures: amd64 > > Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) > Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=pl_PL.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash > > Versions of packages apt depends on: > ii debian-archive-keyring 2012.4 > ii gnupg 1.4.18-2 > ii libapt-pkg4.13 1.1~exp2 > ii libc6 2.19-7 > ii libgcc1 1:4.9.0-10 > ii libstdc++6 4.9.0-10 > > -- > Jakub Wilk > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to deity-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140715192630.ga9...@jwilk.net > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org