It is tricky, and the changelog excerpt Jim provided shows when, and how, it will hit (not a really common situation). Since coreutils 8.13 is being provided (right now) on Precise, I am marking this bug fix released.
** Changed in: coreutils (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/833587 Title: du assert failure: du: du.c :583 : process_file: L'assertion « level == prev_level - 1 » a échoué. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/coreutils/+bug/833587/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs