Package: man-db Version: 2.4.3-3 Severity: important A mail from cron:
/etc/cron.daily/man-db: *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x080decf8 *** /etc/cron.daily/man-db: line 33: 3644 Aborted start-stop-daemon+--start --pidfile /dev/null --startas /usr/bin/mandb --oknodo --chuid man -- --no-purge --quiet run-parts: /etc/cron.daily/man-db exited with return code 134 It is also easy to reproduce by: $ sudo /etc/cron.daily/man-db *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x080df540 *** /etc/cron.daily/man-db: line 33: 19091 Abandon start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null --startas /usr/bin/mandb --oknodo --chuid man -- --no-purge --quiet The bug is also present with libc6 (2.3.6-15) from unstable. Thanks -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (90, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.6.17.1-mactel Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages man-db depends on: ii bsdmainutils 6.1.3 collection of more utilities from ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.1 Debian configuration management sy ii dpkg 1.13.21 package maintenance system for Deb ii groff-base 1.18.1.1-12 GNU troff text-formatting system ( ii libc6 2.3.6-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgdbm3 1.8.3-3 GNU dbm database routines (runtime man-db recommends no packages. -- debconf information: man-db/build-database: true man-db/rebuild-database: true man-db/install-setuid: false -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]