On Sat, 27 Jun 1998, Igor Grobman wrote: > > I had a similar experience today: dpkg --configure --pending failed with this: > > dpkg: unable to fill /var/lib/dpkg/updates/tmp.i with padding: file too large. > > After a couple of retries the message went away, strangely enough, and > --configure --pending started working. I don't like dpkg doing this in an > official release, so I am upgrading this to "grave" > > BTW, this caused apt to segfault.
Are you certain it was APT? I've had a few reports of dpkg segfaulting and people thinking it was APT - I think it's most unlikely for APT to segfault at that point, it is simply waitpid(3) for dpkg. How large was the core file? APT tends to be around 800k-1M I think dpkg has some problems with the updates directory, I've noticed a few people who have files left over from some situations and other very screwy things. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
