[Bug 851723] Re: dpkg aborted with "malloc failed (-1541383818 bytes): Cannot allocate memory" message

[Raphaël Hertzog]

As you noted, recent versions of dpkg (>= 1.16.0~) are already fixed so
marking the bug as such. I nominated it for lucid to see the opinion of
release managers but I doubt it justifies an update, you don't have to
install deb containing files >= 2 Gb on a regular basis.

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  dpkg aborted with "malloc failed (-1541383818 bytes): Cannot allocate
  memory" message

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “dpkg” package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Dpkg aborted during package instalation with error:

  dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
   malloc failed (-1541383818 bytes): Cannot allocate memory

  Version info:
  dpkg --version
  Debian `dpkg' package management program version 1.15.5.6ubuntu2 (amd64).

  uname -a
  Linux neos-desktop 2.6.32-33-generic #70-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jul 7 21:13:52 UTC 2011 x86_64 GNU/Linux

  This bug is known as:
  Bug#616502: dpkg: "malloc failed (-1739558537 bytes): Cannot allocate memory" for file >= 2 GiB
  Original debian bug report:
  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=616502

  Patch was integrated in ubuntu natty (11.04). It's required to fix
  this problem into lucid (10.04LTS) release.

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