This was reported more than two years ago, can seriously (and easily) crash the system, and can be reproduced in Karmic... and is still in "New" status and "Undecided" importance?
....@karmic-desktop:~$ uname -a Linux karmic-desktop 2.6.31-11-generic #38-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 2 11:55:55 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux ....@karmic-desktop:~$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch) Release: 9.10 ....@karmic-desktop:~$ apt-cache policy gwget gwget: Installed: 1.0.2-0ubuntu2 Candidate: 1.0.2-0ubuntu2 Version table: *** 1.0.2-0ubuntu2 0 500 http://mirrors.nl.eu.kernel.org karmic/universe Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- gwget fills up all available memory https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/111489 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs