[Bug 1612458] Re: package gcc-5-base (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: no package named `gcc-5-base' is installed, cannot configure

[Matthias Klose]

not a gcc-5 issue:

dpkg: unrecoverable fatal error, aborting:
 fork failed: Cannot allocate memory


** Package changed: gcc-5 (Ubuntu) => ubuntu

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Title:
  package gcc-5-base (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: no
  package named `gcc-5-base' is installed, cannot configure

Status in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I've received a fatal error from dpkg (cannot allocate memory,
  aborting) before.

  ProblemType: Package
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: gcc-5-base (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.19.0-66.74~14.04.1-generic 3.19.8-ckt22
  Uname: Linux 3.19.0-66-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.21
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Aug 11 20:09:54 2016
  DuplicateSignature: package:gcc-5-base:(not installed):no package named `gcc-5-base' is installed, cannot configure
  ErrorMessage: no package named `gcc-5-base' is installed, cannot configure
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-11-20 (265 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Beta amd64 (20150805)
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   dpkg 1.17.5ubuntu5.7
   apt  1.0.1ubuntu2.14
  SourcePackage: gcc-5
  Title: package gcc-5-base (not installed) failed to install/upgrade: no package named `gcc-5-base' is installed, cannot configure
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-08-11 (0 days ago)

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