On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 09:04:06AM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 12:49:54AM -0700, Bob the Hamster wrote: > > > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4882303 Apr 7 15:08 srcpkgcache.bin > > [root:~]apt-get upgrade > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Segmentation faulty Tree... 65% > > > > So. Anybody want my corrupt /var/cache/apt/.bin files? I am eager to do > > whatever I can to assist in resolving this lil' bug once and for all. > > What filesystem are you using? This corruption is not believed to be apt's > fault presently. > > -- > - mdz
I am using plain-ol' EXT3 I would agree with the guess that the corruption was probably not apt's fault, but the real issue in this bug is what apt does after [insert random cause of corruption] when it tries to parse the corrupt file. An error-checking thing, ya know? -- James Paige
