I will try the config change asap. Thanks. Meanwhile: the reason I surmised that the db3/db2 problem was the cause was: (a) the dist upgrade hadn't added many files to the system, (b) when trying to build apt from source, it required libdb2-dev, which couldn't be installed since libdb3-dev was installed.
So at least it's not possible to make apt from source. Colin. > This is an automatic notification regarding your Bug report > #120638: apt depends on libdb2 but libdb3 is installed, > which was filed against the apt package. > > It has been closed by one of the developers, namely > Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > > Their explanation is attached below. If this explanation is > unsatisfactory and you have not received a better one in a separate > message then please contact the developer, by replying to this email. > > Debian bug tracking system administrator > (administrator, Debian Bugs database) > > Received: (at 120638-done) by bugs.debian.org; 22 Nov 2001 18:47:39 +0000 > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Nov 22 12:47:39 2001 > Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Received: from crack-ext.ab.videon.ca [206.75.216.33] > by master.debian.org with smtp (Exim 3.12 1 (Debian)) > id 166yst-0000n3-00; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 12:47:39 -0600 > Received: (qmail 25292 invoked from network); 22 Nov 2001 18:47:38 -0000 > Received: from unknown (HELO wakko.deltatee.com) ([24.82.81.190]) > (envelope-sender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) > by crack-ext.ab.videon.ca (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP > for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; 22 Nov 2001 18:47:38 -0000 > Received: from localhost > ([127.0.0.1] helo=wakko.deltatee.com ident=jgg) > by wakko.deltatee.com with smtp (Exim 3.16 #1 (Debian)) > id 166ysn-0007Fp-00; Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:47:33 -0700 > Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 11:47:33 -0700 (MST) > From: Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Matthew Wilcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > APT Development Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Bug#120638: Not db3's fault > In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > > i can't see how this can possibly be db3's fault. > > It isn't. That error means you exceeded the pre-allocated 6 meg storage > structure - ie you have more packages than is reasonable to imagine (or > you are using a really old APT that had a much smaller size, upgrade).. > > Fortunately it's just a configuration option: > > Cache-Limit > APT uses a fixed size memory mapped cache file to > store the 'available' information. This sets the > size of that cache. > > Jason > >
