Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > David A. Cobb wrote: > >> After using it successfully several times a week, every run of apt-get >> or aptitude now ends with: >> >> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room >> E: Error occurred while processing python2.3 (NewVersion2) >> E: Problem with MergeList >> /var/lib/apt/lists/mail.linuxvar.it_%7egianluca_athlon-xp_dists_sarge_main_binary-i386_Packages >> >> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. >> >> The specific /var/lib/apt/lists file that show up as MergeList varies >> depending on how many active >> sources I hav in sources.list >> >> I'm guessing this is more likely a configuration problem than an apt >> bug. >> Can anyone give me a clue? >> >> TIA >> > > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/linux.debian.devel/browse_thread/thread/4ea8ee8629bee9ab/b3a5a18d4bb161ca?lnk=st&q=Dynamic+MMap&rnum=3&hl=ia#b3a5a18d4bb161ca > > > Yes, that did the trick. The particular Cache-Limit number is obviously meaningful -- I don't lack for memory so I also tried doubling the number given in the article -- that also crashed. However, to make the entire process succeed, I also needed to reduce the number of sources in my sources.list below what I like.
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