Sebastian Luque <splu...@gmail.com> writes:
> Package: ia32-libs
> Version: 18
> Severity: serious
>
> Installing ia32-libs seems to have broken apt functionality in the
> system reported here. 'apt-get update' checks for my sources as usual,
> but after the "Reading package lists... Done" message, it displays large
> number of lines starting with "arch_all.list: deleting SOME_PACKAGE" or
> "arch_all.list: deleting SOME_PACKAGE", and finally ends with:
>
> Merging ...
> Reading package lists... Error!
> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room. Please increase the size of
> APT::Cache-Limit. Current value: 25165824. (man 5 apt.conf)
> E: Error occurred while processing disc-cover (NewVersion1)
> E: Problem with MergeList
> /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.ca.debian.org_debian_dists_sid-i386_main_binary-amd64_Packages
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
>
> The error remains, no matter how large I set the cache-limit in
> /etc/apt/apt.conf. I cannot even remove the package, as the same error
> occurs immediately after 'apt-get remove ia32-libs'.
>
> I can send additional information, if requested. Thanks.
>
> Seb
Are you sure you don't have a typo in /etc/apt/apt.conf? Does the
value reported in the error go up as you increase it? Because the
value reported above is exactly the default value, as if you hadn't
increased it at all. The correct syntax is
APT::Cache-Limit "50331648";
If you want to remove it try
dpkg --force-depends --purge ia32-apt-get
apt-get update
apt-get -f install
After that you should probably go back to testing and reinstall
ia32-libs and whatever else it needs to remove.
MfG
Goswin
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