Package: apt Version: 0.7.21 Severity: normal I'm suffering from the cache-limit error too after the upgrade to ia32-apt-get v20 (which has set up a diversion for /usr/bin/apt-get).
I get, $ sudo apt-get update Updating for amd64... Hit http://mirror.linux.org.au unstable Release.gpg ... Ignoring mirror.linux.org.au_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_source_Sources.IndexDiff Updating for i386... Get:1 file: transitional Release.gpg [315B] Ign file: transitional/main Translation-en_AU Get:2 file: transitional Release [431B] Hit http://mirror.linux.org.au unstable Release.gpg ... Hit http://mirror.linux.org.au unstable/non-free Packages/DiffIndex Reading package lists... Done Ignoring mirror.linux.org.au_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Packages.IndexDiff Ignoring mirror.linux.org.au_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-i386_Packages.IndexDiff Ignoring mirror.linux.org.au_debian_dists_unstable_non-free_binary-i386_Packages.IndexDiff Merging ... Reading package lists... Error! E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room. Please increase the size of APT::Cache-Limit. Current value: 25165824. (man 5 apt.conf) E: Error occurred while processing warsow-server (NewVersion1) E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/mirror.linux.org.au_debian_dists_unstable-i386_contrib_binary-amd64_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. $ echo $? 100 I have not set APT::Cache-Limit anywhere. It's not mentioned in any of the files in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/. /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00ia32-libs-tools does not define APT::Cache-Limit, it only has references to /usr/lib/ia32-libs-tools/mangle -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "amd64"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; APT::Install-Recommends "1"; APT::Install-Suggests "0"; APT::Acquire ""; APT::Acquire::Translation "environment"; APT::Update ""; APT::Update::Post-Invoke ""; APT::Update::Post-Invoke:: "[ ! -x /usr/lib/ia32-libs-tools/mangle ] || cat /var/lib/apt/lists/*_Packages | /usr/lib/ia32-libs-tools/mangle --index >/dev/null"; APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success ""; APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success:::: "touch /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp 2>/dev/null || true"; APT::Authentication ""; APT::Authentication::TrustCDROM "true"; APT::NeverAutoRemove ""; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*"; APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*"; APT::Periodic ""; APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0"; APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0"; APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0"; APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0"; APT::Archives ""; APT::Archives::MaxAge "30"; APT::Archives::MinAge "2"; APT::Archives::MaxSize "500"; 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"; Dir::Log "var/log/apt"; Dir::Log::Terminal "term.log"; Unattended-Upgrade ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins ""; Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins:: "Debian stable"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Post-Invoke ""; DPkg::Post-Invoke:::: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi"; DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -d /var/lib/update-notifier ]; then touch /var/lib/update-notifier/dpkg-run-stamp; fi"; -- /etc/apt/preferences -- Package: * Pin: release a=unstable-i386 Pin-Priority: 400 Package: * Pin: release a=testing-i386 Pin-Priority: 400 Package: * Pin: release a=stable-i386 Pin-Priority: 400 -- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) -- -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt depends on: ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a ii libc6 2.9-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libgcc1 1:4.4.0-10 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.4.0-10 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt suggests: pn apt-doc <none> (no description available) ii aptitude 0.4.11.11-1+b1 terminal-based package manager ii bzip2 1.0.5-3 high-quality block-sorting file co ii dpkg-dev 1.15.3 Debian package development tools ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in ii python-apt 0.7.10.4 Python interface to libapt-pkg ii synaptic 0.62.7 Graphical package manager -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org