Hmm there was another aptitude + trickle running in backgroud, that seems to be the problem.
$ ps aux | grep trickle root 3370 0.0 0.0 25052 868 ? Ss 10:03 0:00 trickled -d 20 aptitude safe-upgrade -y root 5711 0.0 0.0 7336 880 pts/8 S+ 14:33 0:00 grep trickle $ kill 3370 ** Summary changed: - apport crashed in *** glibc detected *** /usr/lib/apt/methods/http: free(): invalid next size (normal): 0x000000000197ecb0 + aptitude+trickle crashes if there is another copy of it running in background. libc detected /usr/lib/apt/methods/http: free(): invalid next size (normal) -- aptitude+trickle crashes if there is another copy of it running in background. libc detected /usr/lib/apt/methods/http: free(): invalid next size (normal) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506415 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