Bug#620636: problems with dpkg 1.16.0

2011-04-04 Thread Raphael Hertzog
On Mon, 04 Apr 2011, Craig Sanders wrote: any chance of dpkg being less spammy about it? i guess some kind of notification is required but it's not a major problem, so doesn't need a couple of lines of output per package. perhaps a single summary line mentioning the problem and listing the

Bug#620636: problems with dpkg 1.16.0

2011-04-03 Thread Craig Sanders
Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.0 I just upgraded dpkg to 1.16.0 today and noticed the following three problems: 1. it segfaulted! (fortunately, /var/lib/dpkg/status wasn't corrupted) 2. it claimed it was installing a package called 'xŒ—)' which does not exist. probably related to #1 above

Bug#620636: problems with dpkg 1.16.0

2011-04-03 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, On Sun, 03 Apr 2011, Craig Sanders wrote: 1. it segfaulted! (fortunately, /var/lib/dpkg/status wasn't corrupted) 2. it claimed it was installing a package called 'xŒ—)' which does not exist. probably related to #1 above (buffer overrun or similar, perhaps?) (in case those

Bug#620636: problems with dpkg 1.16.0

2011-04-03 Thread Craig Sanders
On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:16:33PM +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote: Hi, On Sun, 03 Apr 2011, Craig Sanders wrote: 1. it segfaulted! (fortunately, /var/lib/dpkg/status wasn't corrupted) 2. it claimed it was installing a package called 'xŒ—)' which does not exist. probably related to #1