Bug#432913: apt segfaults when reading package list

[agarberisoft]

Note that installing a package with dkpg -i package.deb seems to work 
correctly.


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Bug#432913: apt segfaults when reading package list (update)

[agarberisoft]

I just need to use apt-get upgrade instead of apt-get update.
Now the strace is _much_ littler (25 KB instead of 11 MB uncompressed) 
and can be attached!


Attached is gdb output (with backtrace) and strace output.

gdb apt-get
run upgrade
bt
c
q

strace -f -F -s 1024 -o apt_strace2 apt-get upgrade

Please help me because I can no more update my debian system! (Neither 
install/remove packages).


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apt_gdb2.bz2
Description: application/bzip


apt_strace2.bz2
Description: application/bzip

Bug#432913: apt segfaults when reading package list

[agarberisoft]

Package: apt
Version: 0.7.3
Severity: grave

Hi,
after latest debian update apt is no more usable, it segfaults at every 
start.
With an apt-get update it search the server for updates and download 
them, but when it tries to access the package database, it segfaults.


I have recorded gdb backtrace and strace output hoping that they are 
useful.
gdb output is attached, strace is too big to be attached, if needed 
I'll put it online.

The strace command line I used was:
strace -f -F -s 1024 -o apt_strace apt-get update

Latest packages updated (which probably caused the crash) are:
# ls /var/cache/apt/archives/
lesstif2_1%3a0.95.0-2+b1_i386.deb
libevent1_1.3b-0_i386.deb
libglib2.0-0_2.12.12-1+b1_i386.deb
libglib2.0-dev_2.12.12-1+b1_i386.deb
libgphoto2-2_2.3.1-5+b1_i386.deb
libgphoto2-2-dev_2.3.1-5+b1_i386.deb
libgphoto2-port0_2.3.1-5+b1_i386.deb
libnfsidmap2_0.19-0+b1_i386.deb
libselinux1_2.0.15-2+b1_i386.deb
libsepol1_2.0.3-1+b1_i386.deb
libtag1c2a_1.4-8+b1_i386.deb

Debian: testing
apt: 0.7.3
libc6: 2.5-9+b1
kernel: 2.6.21-2-k7

Tell me if you need more info.



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