2009/10/18 Mathias Waack <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > since a few days I cannot use apt-get to install/upgrade packages: > > nas:~# apt-get update > E: Method ftp has died unexpectedly! > E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/ftp did not start correctly > E: Method ftp has died unexpectedly! > E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/ftp did not start correctly > E: Method http has died unexpectedly! > E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly > E: Method http has died unexpectedly! > E: Method /usr/lib/apt/methods/http did not start correctly > > nas:~# /usr/lib/apt/methods/http > Segmentation fault (core dumped) > > The core dump is not very informative: > > nas:~# gdb /usr/lib/apt/methods/http core
> Core was generated by `/usr/lib/apt/methods/http'. > Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. > [New process 21986] > #0 0x40d01f78 in ?? () > (gdb) bt > #0 0x40d01f78 in ?? () > #1 0x401b6ebc in ?? () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 > Cannot access memory at address 0xd3ee4 > > I've tried checking apt and /usr/lib/apt/methods/http with strace with the > funny result, that it works in this case: > > or with apt-get: > > nas:~# strace -f apt-get update 2>/dev/null > Ign http://people.debian.org lenny Release.gpg > Ign http://people.debian.org lenny/main Translation-en_US > ... > Fetched 2261B in 5s (449B/s) > Reading package lists... Done > > I consider this a very special kind of humour. Is there anything I can do to > solve this issue? Hi, maybe you loose some dependence. Try to update with aptitude instead apt-get federico -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
