On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 09:31:19AM -0000, Alexander Koenig wrote: > Public bug reported: > > Binary package hint: perl > > Upgrading an edgy machine to feisty via 'dist-upgrade' yesterday, I ran > into a problem with the 5.8.8-7build1 of perl. 30 or more packages > caused a segfault in dpkg's 'Setting up' phase making apt-get fail due > to too many errors. After some analysis I noticed it was 'perl' > segfaulting so I downgraded to 5.8.8-7 and put 'perl' on hold. The > following 'dist-upgrade' went smoothly and dpkg configured all packages > successfully that had failed before. Unfortunately I don't have a trace > as I was focused on getting the system back to work. >
Yes, without a simplified test case it will be difficult to really dig into this problem. Steve Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 5.8.8-7build1 segfaults on x86 https://launchpad.net/bugs/90334 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
