Package: aptitude
Version: 0.4.4-1
Severity: major
Major because it stops aptitude from working (but not grave - there are
work around, using apt-get update seem to help)
# dpkg --list "apt*" | grep ii
ii apt 0.6.46.4 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii apt-file 2.0.8 APT package searching utility --
command-lin
ii apt-howto-common 2.0.2-2 example-based guide to APT
ii apt-howto-pl 2.0.2-2 example-based guide to APT (Polish)
ii apt-listbugs 0.0.69 Lists critical bugs before each apt
installa
ii apt-utils 0.6.46.4 APT utility programs
ii aptitude 0.4.4-1 terminal-based apt frontend
# dpkg --list "libapt*" | grep ii
ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.20 Perl interface to libapt-pkg
# dpkg --list "dpkg*" | grep ii
ii dpkg 1.13.25 package maintenance system for Debian
ii dpkg-dev 1.13.25 package building tools for Debian
aptitude crashes when doing anything (like install foo) while parsing data.
I also saw others reporting simillar problems btw (like on NEWS groups).
blackelf:/home/raf256# gdb aptitude
GNU gdb 6.4.90-debian
Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "i486-linux-gnu"...(no debugging symbols found)
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/tls/libthread_db.so.1".
(gdb) run search foo
Starting program: /usr/bin/aptitude search foo
Failed to read a valid object file image from memory.
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread -1212254528 (LWP 21019)]
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
(no debugging symbols found)
Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread -1212254528 (LWP 21019)]
0xb7efc066 in pkgCacheGenerator::ListParser::NewDepends ()
from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6.so.3.11
(gdb) bt
#0 0xb7efc066 in pkgCacheGenerator::ListParser::NewDepends ()
from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6.so.3.11
#1 0xb7f25d5a in debListParser::ParseDepends ()
from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6.so.3.11
#2 0xb7f25fdc in debListParser::NewVersion ()
from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6.so.3.11
#3 0xb7efcfc3 in pkgCacheGenerator::MergeList ()
from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6.so.3.11
#4 0xb7f3567d in debPackagesIndex::Merge ()
from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6.so.3.11
#5 0xb7efd749 in pkgCacheGenerator::MergeList ()
from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6.so.3.11
#6 0xb7eff1cf in pkgMakeStatusCache ()
from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.3-6.so.3.11
#7 0x081e1401 in std::operator+<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t>,
std::allocator<wchar_t> > ()
#8 0x081e62ce in std::operator+<wchar_t, std::char_traits<wchar_t>,
std::allocator<wchar_t> > ()
#9 0x0813fec7 in std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>,
std::allocator<char> >::basic_string<char*> ()
#10 0x08053207 in ?? ()
#11 0xb7c01ea8 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6
#12 0x08051211 in ?? ()
(gdb) q
The program is running. Exit anyway? (y or n) y
strace -ostrace aptitude search foo
execve("/usr/bin/aptitude", ["aptitude", "search", "foo"], [/* 34 vars
*/]) = 0
uname({sys="Linux", node="blackelf", ...}) = 0
brk(0) = 0x82cdddc
access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1,
0) = 0xb7f96000
access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or
directory)
open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3
[...]
msync(0xb6eec000, 8536, MS_SYNC) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/192.168.44.20:9999_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=20731446, ...}) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/192.168.44.20:9999_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=20731446, ...}) = 0
open("/var/lib/apt/lists/192.168.44.20:9999_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages",
O_RDONLY) = 5
fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(5, "Package: 3270-common\nPriority: o"..., 32768) = 32768
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/192.168.44.20:9999_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=20731446, ...}) = 0
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=20731446, ...}) = 0
read(5, "es to create bootable media for "..., 32233) = 32233
read(5, ".8), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-12), li"..., 32524) = 32524
so file 5 is
/var/lib/apt/lists/192.168.44.20:9999_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages
read(5, "Package: 3270-common\nPriority: o"..., 32768) = 32768
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/192.168.44.20:9999_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=20731446, ...}) = 0
fstat64(5, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=20731446, ...}) = 0
read(5, "es to create bootable media for "..., 32233) = 32233
read(5, ".8), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1-12), li"..., 32524) = 32524
read(5, "6bd0f35ed21dfd67b2\nDescription: "..., 32185) = 32185
[... reading it ...]
read(5, "", 22524) = 0
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/192.168.44.20:9999_debian_dists_unstable_Release",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=79562, ...}) = 0
done reading it
and so on
the last file is:
open("/var/lib/apt/lists/192.168.44.20:9999_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages",
O_RDONLY) = 5
fcntl64(5, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(5, "Package: 3dchess\nPriority: optio"..., 32768) = 32768
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/192.168.44.20:9999_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=14939855, ...}) = 0 fstat64(5,
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=14939855, ...}) = 0
read(5, ">> 4.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1)\nF"..., 32535) = 32535
read(5, " addressmanager.app\nPriority: op"..., 32760) = 32760
and the reading ends as:
read(5, "am which will display its output"..., 32098) = 32098
read(5, "arsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\nArc"..., 32685) = 32685
read(5, "e: pool/main/x/xshisen/xshisen_1"..., 32312) = 32312
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
now strace -s99999 to see the data
the last read is about 32 kB in length - so truncating it (email me if
you need entire file)
information.\n\nPackage: xshisen\nPriority: optional\nSection:
games\nInstalled-Size: 724\nMaintainer: Grzegorz Prokopski (Debian
Developer) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\nArchitecture: i386\nVersion:
1.51-1-1.2\nDepends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4.1-3),
libice6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libsm6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libstdc++5 (>=
1:3.3.4-1), libx11-6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxaw7 (>> 4.1.0), libxmu6 |
xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxpm4 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libxt6 | xlibs (>>
4.1.0)\nFilenam", 32685) = 3268
read(5, "e: pool/main/x/xshisen/xshisen_1.51-1-1.2_i386.deb\nSize:
68778\nMD5sum: b4887b1eaa77614f7f85f27aff38b20c\nSHA1:
ecd9d6e6933abc40e282667826ca2256c3c8dbdd\nSHA256:
8a7b2eb680f2e862da2c3f5e687f00a21306dae13160e0723fb2bfed916a5f19\nDescription:
Shisen-sho puzzle game for X11\n xshisen is a puzzle game for X11.
[...]
[...]
xteddy\nPriority: optional\nSection: games\nInstalled-Size:
484\nMaintainer: Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\nArchitecture:
i386\nVersion: 2.0.2-2.1\nDepends: imlib11, libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4),
libice6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libjpeg62, libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.5.0-4), libsm6
| xlibs (>> 4.1.0), libtiff4, libungif4g (>= 4.1.3), libx11-6 | xlibs
(>> 4.1.0), libxext6 | xlibs (>> 4.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.1)\nFilename:
pool/main/x/xteddy/xteddy_2.0.2-2.1_i386.deb\nSize: 306064\nMD5sum:
46398d3cb2519c3aac6542a488509177\nSHA1:
f0526cda97d874abddf4f2307a63ec86d5634426\nSHA256:
6f63cf2af89086ea2344ed3fdd46e4f3d2df3b701cee66391d2ea357160f54b9\nDescription:
a cuddly teddy bear (or other image) for your X desktop\n Normally,
xteddy just sits around doing nothing. After all, that\'s what\n teddy
bears are for. Look at him, talk to him, place heavy windows on\n top of
him, zap him around until he becomes dizzy, do what you like;\n he will
always be your true (albeit virtual) friend.\n Now you can load other
pixmaps than the nice teddy, too.\n\nPackage: xtel\nPriority:
extra\nSection: comm\nInstalled-Size: 644\nMaintainer: Eric Delaunay",
32312) = 32312
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
so the file
/var/lib/apt/lists/192.168.44.20:9999_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages
is perhaps corrupted
#sha1sum
/var/lib/apt/lists/192.168.44.20:9999_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages
964ffa005e2af942b784271935d5c47a5598a1b5
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 15M 2006-10-29 10:40
/var/lib/apt/lists/192.168.44.20:9999_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages
I have it's copy if anyone needs it.
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