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Subject: apt: Umm... apt-get update now segfaults trying to read the package
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Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: critical
Any idea how I can track this down? I see:
[...]
Hit ftp://debian.res.cmu.edu unstable/main Packages
Hit ftp://debian.res.cmu.edu unstable/main Release
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Sources
Hit http://http.us.debian.org unstable/non-free Release
Segmentation faultsts... 0%
Reading Package Lists...Segmentation fault
Reading Package Lists...Segmentation fault
Segmentation faultsts... 0%
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-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Kernel Version: Linux aris 2.4.17 #1 Mon Mar 25 14:43:09 MST 2002 i686 unknown
Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-5 The GNU stdc++ library
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Subject: Re: Bug#140391: apt: Umm... apt-get update now segfaults trying to
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On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, John Wiegley wrote:
> >>>>> On Thu Mar 28, Jason writes:
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> > Almost certainly your cache files have somehow become corrupted (are
> > you using XFS?)
>
> Yes
XFS is known to have some oddball file corruption bug with APT.
Jason
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