Package: upgrade-reports Severity: normal Archive date: Sat May 21 19:00:01 UTC 2005 Upgrade date: Sat May 21 uname -a: Linux whinlatter 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i686 GNU/Linux Method: aptitude -f --with-recommends dist-upgrade
Contents of /etc/apt/sources.list: deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 r0 _Woody_ - Official i386 Binary-1 (20020720)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main deb http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/ sarge main deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main - Were there any non-Debian packages installed before the upgrade? No. - Was the system pre-update a pure woody system? Yes. Fresh install from 3.0r0 i386 DVD, updated with all current point release changes and security updates. - Did any packages fail to upgrade? No. - Were there any problems with the system after upgrading? No. Further Comments/Problems: Aptitude broke completely during the upgrade. Here's the log, and the fix. The fix should be in the release notes (my system had no APT changes from the defaults): whinlatter:~# aptitude update Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree...Get:1 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Packages Get:2 http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Release Get:3 http://ftp.uk.debian.org sarge/main Packages [3360kB] Get:4 http://ftp.uk.debian.org sarge/main Release [81B] Reading Package Lists... 72% Reading Package Lists... Error! E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room E: Error occured while processing php4-cli (NewVersion1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.uk.debian.org_debian_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. whinlatter:~# echo 'APT::Cache-Limit "25165824";' >> /etc/apt/apt.conf whinlatter:~# aptitude update Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Hit http://ftp.uk.debian.org sarge/main Packages Hit http://ftp.uk.debian.org sarge/main Release Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Packages Hit http://security.debian.org sarge/updates/main Release Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done whinlatter:~# dpkg -l doc-base [Excluding the package list: it's not relevant to aptitude breakage.] Regards, Roger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
