** Description changed: Binary package hint: apt - What should happen: Apt doesn't sigsev... apt-cache should search, - display package info, etc. apt-get should download and install packages, - upgrade the system, etc. + Under certain circumstance apt segfaults on every operation until the + cache is rebuild or deleted. This includes all tools that are build on + top of libapt. - What is happening: apt* (including adept, aptitude, synaptic, etc) - sigsev. 'apt-get source hello', 'apt-get update', 'apt-cache search - foobar', 'apt-cache show kubuntu-desktop', etc all cause a sigsev. - Please view the strace and gdb backtraces. + It turns out the bug can be fixed by checking for a NULL value in the + filename string. The attached (one-liner) patch adresses the issue. - What I have tried: reinstall apt, reinstall libc6, reboot, remove - /var/lib/apt/lists/*, reset sources.list to default, sudo dpkg- - reconfigure -a . - - Please see the attached files for backtraces and straces. + Please accept this as a StableReleaseUpdate.
-- Apt constantly sigsevs on edgy https://launchpad.net/bugs/75273 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
