This bug was fixed in the package auto-apt - 0.3.23ubuntu0.14.04.1
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auto-apt (0.3.23ubuntu0.14.04.1) trusty; urgency=medium
* No change rebuild from Debian auto-apt 0.3.24, which fixes only these bugs:
- Patches supplied by Bruno Nova, with thanks.
- Plug a memory leak
I've installed the updated auto-apt package, version 0.3.23ubuntu0.14.04.1 from
trusty-proposed, in a Ubuntu 14.04 virtual machine (I'm still using 13.10).
This version seems to work correctly. The auto-apt commands mentioned in the
description work fine and without filling the RAM.
I've also
Hello iw2snl, or anyone else affected,
Accepted auto-apt into trusty-proposed. The package will build now and
be available at http://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/auto-
apt/0.3.23ubuntu0.14.04.1 in a few hours, and then in the -proposed
repository.
Please help us by testing this new package. See
Uploaded to trusty-proposed. Unsubscribing sponsors. Now awaiting SRU
team approval. Thank you for your work!
** Changed in: auto-apt (Ubuntu Trusty)
Status: New = Triaged
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Title:
/usr/lib/auto-apt/auto-apt-pkgdcb consumes over 100% RAM on 0.3.23
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** Tags added: saucy
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Title:
/usr/lib/auto-apt/auto-apt-pkgdcb consumes over 100% RAM on 0.3.23
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** Description changed:
+ [Impact]
+ * 'sudo auto-apt update' fills the RAM, causing the system to freeze for a
few minutes
+ when the SWAP starts being used.
+ - Due to this, auto-apt is unusable in Trusty (and Saucy).
+ - This bug can only be reproduced after fixing bug #1300991 by
** Changed in: auto-apt (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed = Fix Released
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Title:
/usr/lib/auto-apt/auto-apt-pkgdcb consumes over 100% RAM on
Ubuntu Sponsors, could you backport version 0.3.24 of auto-apt to
trusty-proposed?
That version of the package fixes both this bug and LP: #1300991.
auto-apt is not functional in the current version 0.3.23.
Important note: 0.3.24 was uploaded to Debian and will, eventually, be synced
into
** Also affects: auto-apt (Ubuntu Trusty)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
/usr/lib/auto-apt/auto-apt-pkgdcb consumes over
I've linked a branch that fixes this bug, bug #1300991 and the warning I
mentioned in that bug.
There was indeed a memory leak.
** Branch linked: lp:~brunonova/ubuntu/trusty/auto-
apt/lp1300987_lp1300991
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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: auto-apt (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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Title:
I confirm this bug.
Both update and updatedb commands have frozen my computer (due to full
RAM), and the second command was actually killed by the out-of-memory killer
(/usr/lib/auto-apt/auto-apt-pkgdcb is indeed the guilty program).
The workaround mentioned by the bug reporter also works for
I've looked at the changes done to file auto-apt-pkgcdb.c in this commit:
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-branches/ubuntu/trusty/auto-apt/trusty/revision/6#auto-apt-pkgcdb.c
There is clearly a memory leak in the while loop that starts in line 220.
The get_line() function allocates and
** Summary changed:
- /usr/lib/auto-apt/auto-apt-pkgdcb consumes over 100% RAM
+ /usr/lib/auto-apt/auto-apt-pkgdcb consumes over 100% RAM (only 0.3.23)
** Summary changed:
- /usr/lib/auto-apt/auto-apt-pkgdcb consumes over 100% RAM (only 0.3.23)
+ /usr/lib/auto-apt/auto-apt-pkgdcb consumes over
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