Yeah having the same issue here, and it was causing issues with my puppet script to fail because it's not exiting cleanly with a 0/1 exit status. I fixed the puppet script to accept error code 139 which seems to be the error code it exits with.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1258958 Title: apt-mark segfaults when holding an already held package Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “apt” source package in Precise: Triaged Bug description: I'm trying to hold back a package but apt-mark keeps segfaulting. # apt-mark hold wine1.7 wine1.7-dbg wine1.7-amd64 wine1.7 was already set on hold. Segmentation fault (core dumped) dmesg: traps: apt-mark[505732] general protection ip:404d5f sp:7fff0f4a3330 error:0 in apt-mark[400000+a000] The hold does seem to be put in place for the first package, but any additional packages have to be held one-by-one due to the fault. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.16 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-33.48~precise1-generic 3.8.13.11 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-33-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Dec 8 19:11:03 2013 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB:en TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1258958/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
