Package: aptitude Version: 0.4.6.1-1 Severity: important aptitude segfaults while loading the cache. Same for apt-get install fakeroot. This happens on a fresh debootstrap'd sid, in a chroot.
Backtrace is attached (sorry, but cut'n'paste didn't work, so it's an image) BTW I saw a similar thing just after installing Debian 4.0r1 from CD. Now it works, but I cannot say what I changed that it works on that host now. Best regards Uwe -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "0"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::Cache-Limit "16777216"; APT::Get ""; APT::Get::Show-Versions "true"; 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/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian etch-proposed-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free #deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ etch main non-free contrib #deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ etch-proposed-updates main non-free contrib #deb-src http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian testing-proposed-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free #deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main non-free contrib #deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny-proposed-updates main non-free contrib #deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian experimental main contrib non-free -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.07.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.6.1-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.2.1-5 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.2.1-5 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- Uwe Kleine-König http://www.google.com/search?q=1+year+divided+by+3+in+seconds
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