Package: apt Version: 0.6.43exp1 Severity: important Tags: experimental [ This bug might be serious, but I'm unsure if it really is. ]
See this typescript (watch for the glibc messages and see the difference between the first and the second run of reinstalling debconf (debconf was the first package that came in my mind for this demonstration, it happens on any other apt-get install and upgrade call)): # dpkg -l apt apt-utils Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===================-===================-====================================================== ii apt 0.6.43exp1 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii apt-utils 0.6.43 APT utility programs # apt-get install --reinstall debconf Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/115kB of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? *** glibc detected *** corrupted double-linked list: 0x0804e888 *** debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor(Reading database ... 211934 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace debconf 1.4.59 (using .../debconf_1.4.59_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement debconf ... Setting up debconf (1.4.59) ... # apt-get -t experimental install apt-utils Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following packages will be upgraded: apt-utils (0.6.43 => 0.6.43exp1) 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 448 not upgraded. Need to get 195kB of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Get:1 http://debian.inode.at experimental/main apt-utils 0.6.43exp1 [195kB] Fetched 195kB in 1s (141kB/s) Lese Changelogs... Fertig *** glibc detected *** corrupted double-linked list: 0x0804e888 *** debconf: apt-extracttemplates failed: Bad file descriptor(Reading database ... 211934 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace apt-utils 0.6.43 (using .../apt-utils_0.6.43exp1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement apt-utils ... Setting up apt-utils (0.6.43exp1) ... # apt-get install --reinstall debconf Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/115kB of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 211934 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace debconf 1.4.59 (using .../debconf_1.4.59_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement debconf ... Setting up debconf (1.4.59) ... # -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Default-Release "testing"; APT::Get ""; APT::Get::Show-Versions "1"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- Package: tuxracer* Pin: version .0.0* Pin-Priority: 999 -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- #deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Sarge_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20041020)]/ unstable contrib main deb http://debian.inode.at/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb-src http://debian.inode.at/debian/ testing main non-free contrib deb http://debian.inode.at/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb-src http://debian.inode.at/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb http://debian.inode.at/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib deb-src http://debian.inode.at/debian/ experimental main non-free contrib deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free #deb http://tuzakey.com/~scott/apt binary/ -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-686 Locale: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (charmap=ISO-8859-15) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-8.1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:4.0.2-4 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.0.2-4 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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