[Bug 1549819] Re: SIGSEGV when reloading cache after setting architecture to ""

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This bug was fixed in the package apt - 1.2.4

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apt (1.2.4) unstable; urgency=medium

  [ David Kalnischkies ]
  * use local changelog from /usr/share/doc if possible
  * always download changelogs into /tmp first
  * pass versioned provides to external solvers in EDSP

  [ Julian Andres Klode ]
  * Fix maintscript to properly remove 20changelog (Closes: #814754)
  * Fix crash with empty architecture list (LP: #1549819)
  * Add missing numeric includes in files using std::accumulate()

 -- Julian Andres Klode <jak at debian.org>  Sat, 27 Feb 2016 14:02:47
+0100

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

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Title:
  SIGSEGV when reloading cache after setting architecture to ""

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in landscape-client package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When reloading the cache, after setting an architecture, the Python
  process segfaults.

  Simple script to reproduce is at: http://paste.ubuntu.com/15197359/

  Tested on a Xenial LXD with Wily host (on the host, the script doesn't
  trigger the segfault).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: python-apt 1.1.0~beta1build1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-27.32-generic 4.2.8-ckt1
  Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Feb 25 14:09:39 2016
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=screen
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: python-apt
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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