Unfortunately, despite my best efforts, my reproduction case went away - I think due to changes in the PPA in question. They may actually have enabled -proposed to get them out of the hole they were stuck in, but I can't tell directly. I've done some basic regression testing on the new version of apt (apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade, apt-get install debhelper), and it seems to be behaving itself.
** Tags removed: verification-needed ** Tags added: verification-done -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/957231 Title: update-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in debListParser::LoadReleaseInfo() Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in apt source package in Precise: Fix Committed Status in apt source package in Saucy: Won't Fix Status in apt source package in Trusty: Fix Released Status in update-manager source package in Trusty: Invalid Bug description: just would not complete the update ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: update-manager 1:0.156.8 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Fri Mar 16 17:46:18 2012 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-manager GsettingsChanges: com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1331920010 com.ubuntu.update-manager show-details true com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 932 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 731 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120201.2) InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7 PackageArchitecture: all ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/update-manager ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash LANGUAGE=en_GB:en LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x7f4c9838a019 <_ZN13debListParser15LoadReleaseInfoERN8pkgCache15PkgFileIteratorER6FileFdSs+1561>: mov %eax,0x14(%rbx) PC (0x7f4c9838a019) ok source "%eax" ok destination "0x14(%rbx)" (0x7f4c7bfea5c4) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)! SegvReason: writing unknown VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: update-manager StacktraceTop: debListParser::LoadReleaseInfo(pkgCache::PkgFileIterator&, FileFd&, std::string) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12 debPackagesIndex::Merge(pkgCacheGenerator&, OpProgress*) const () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12 ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12 pkgCacheGenerator::MakeStatusCache(pkgSourceList&, OpProgress*, MMap**, bool) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12 pkgCacheFile::BuildCaches(OpProgress*, bool) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12 Title: update-manager crashed with SIGSEGV in debListParser::LoadReleaseInfo() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-07 (8 days ago) UserGroups: adm audio avahi avahi-autoipd backup bin bluetooth cdrom clamav colord couchdb crontab daemon dialout dip disk fax floppy fuse games gdm gnats kmem libuuid lightdm list lp lpadmin mail man messagebus mlocate netdev news ntp operator plugdev proxy pulse pulse-access root rtkit sambashare saned sasl scanner shadow src ssh ssl-cert staff sudo sys syslog tape tty users utempter utmp uucp vboxusers video voice whoopsie www-data To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/957231/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
