Bug#432913: apt segfaults when reading package list

2007-07-14 Thread agarberisoft
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Bug#432913: apt segfaults when reading package list (update)

2007-07-13 Thread agarberisoft
I just need to use "apt-get upgrade" instead of "apt-get update". Now the strace is _much_ littler (25 KB instead of 11 MB uncompressed) and can be attached! Attached is gdb output (with backtrace) and strace output. gdb apt-get run upgrade bt c q strace -f -F -s 1024 -o apt_strace2 apt-get u

Bug#432913: apt segfaults when reading package list

2007-07-12 Thread agarberisoft
Package: apt Version: 0.7.3 Severity: grave Hi, after latest debian update apt is no more usable, it segfaults at every start. With an "apt-get update" it search the server for updates and download them, but when it tries to access the package database, it segfaults. I have recorded gdb backt