* jacob kuenzel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [070104 04:22]: > Yay, I got this fixed. > > As a temporary workaround, I found that by removing the files in > /var/lib/apt/lists, I was able to avoid having that ParseDiffIndex function > called. > > Then I rembered that when I installed the system, unstable had a bug in > libattr (I think) that caused ls and many other very basic utilities to stop > working. Some of the other packages on my system were > apparently messed up from that, so I just did a reinstall of every package > on the system. Now apt-get update runs without a crash. No idea what was > *actually* causing the crash, but I guess it's not such > a pressing matter anymore. > > I'm pretty new to the Debian bug tracking system. Should this bug be changed > now?
Basically, we should let this bug open at the current severity - apt should never crash, even if the index is corrupt. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
