[Bug 1445436] Re: Segmentation faults in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0

Mon Mar 14 09:12:22 UTC 2016

Tested the proposed version 1.0.1ubuntu2.12 in Mint 17.3 (which is based on Trusty and uses apt package as is, from Trusty repos).
All works fine and no workaround with APT::Cache-start required anymore.

Just in case, I'll wait for Trusty users to report as well.

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Title:
  Segmentation faults in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0

Status in Linux Mint:
  Confirmed
Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in apt source package in Trusty:
  Fix Committed
Status in apt package in Debian:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  For no obvious reason whatsoever it is now completely impossible for
  me to use APT. Furthermore it is completely impossible for me to
  report a bug with apport.

  apport-gtk[4025]: segfault at aca04d24 ip b4b622f1 sp aebe7240 error 6 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[b4a8c000+125000]
  apt-get[4087]: segfault at b58bed24 ip b768c2f1 sp bfc6d800 error 6 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[b75b6000+125000]
  apt-cache[4827]: segfault at b58fbd24 ip b76c82f1 sp bfc7ece0 error 6 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[b75f2000+125000]
  apport-gtk[4886]: segfault at ab92fd24 ip b4b8d2f1 sp b46d4240 error 6 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[b4ab7000+125000]
  apt-get[4929]: segfault at b5953d24 ip b77212f1 sp bfb75f40 error 6 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[b764b000+125000]
  apt-get[5110]: segfault at b58c9d24 ip b7697281 sp bf9cf750 error 6 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[b75c1000+125000]
  apt-get[5258]: segfault at b58f0d24 ip b76bd281 sp bfa1fe40 error 6 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[b75e7000+125000]
  apt-get[5381]: segfault at b58bad24 ip b7687281 sp bfdaf300 error 6 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[b75b1000+125000]
  apt-get[5991]: segfault at b595ed24 ip b772c281 sp bff062a0 error 6 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[b7656000+125000]
  apt-get[6104]: segfault at b5982d24 ip b7750281 sp bfdbeee0 error 6 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[b767a000+125000]
  apt-get[6279]: segfault at b597dd24 ip b774b281 sp bfab9600 error 6 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[b7675000+125000]
  apt-get[6814]: segfault at b58b4d24 ip b7682281 sp bfb1efe0 error 6 in libapt-pkg.so.4.12.0[b75ac000+125000]

  I have tried reinstalling libapt-
  pkg4.12_0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.21_i386.deb but nothing changes.

  Last upgrade log:

  Start-Date: 2015-04-15  00:39:51
  Commandline: /usr/bin/apt-get dist-upgrade
  Upgrade: libsdl1.2debian:i386 (1.2.14-6.4ubuntu3, 1.2.14-6.4ubuntu3.1), libxfixes3:i386 (5.0-4ubuntu4.3, 5.0-4ubuntu4.4), libx11-data:i386 (1.4.99.1-0ubuntu2.2, 1.4.99.1-0ubuntu2.3), libxi-dev:i386 (1.7.1.901-1ubuntu1~precise2, 1.7.1.901-1ubuntu1~precise3), libxrender-dev:i386 (0.9.6-2ubuntu0.1, 0.9.6-2ubuntu0.2), libx11-xcb1:i386 (1.4.99.1-0ubuntu2.2, 1.4.99.1-0ubuntu2.3), x11proto-core-dev:i386 (7.0.22-1ubuntu0.1, 7.0.22-1ubuntu0.2), libxext-dev:i386 (1.3.0-3ubuntu0.1, 1.3.0-3ubuntu0.2), xserver-xorg-video-vmware:i386 (12.0.1-1ubuntu1.1, 12.0.1-1ubuntu1.2), libxrender1:i386 (0.9.6-2ubuntu0.1, 0.9.6-2ubuntu0.2), libxrandr-dev:i386 (1.3.2-2ubuntu0.2, 1.3.2-2ubuntu0.3), libx11-6:i386 (1.4.99.1-0ubuntu2.2, 1.4.99.1-0ubuntu2.3), ntpdate:i386 (4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.3, 4.2.6.p3+dfsg-1ubuntu3.4), libx11-dev:i386 (1.4.99.1-0ubuntu2.2, 1.4.99.1-0ubuntu2.3), libx11-doc:i386 (1.4.99.1-0ubuntu2.2, 1.4.99.1-0ubuntu2.3), libxfixes-dev:i386 (5.0-4ubuntu4.3, 5.0-4ubuntu4.4), libxi6:i386 (1.7.1.901-1ubuntu1~precise2, 1.7.1.901-1ubuntu1~precise3), libxp6:i386 (1.0.1-2ubuntu0.12.04.1, 1.0.1-2ubuntu0.12.04.2), libxv1:i386 (1.0.6-2ubuntu0.1, 1.0.6-2ubuntu0.2), libxext6:i386 (1.3.0-3ubuntu0.1, 1.3.0-3ubuntu0.2), libxrandr2:i386 (1.3.2-2ubuntu0.2, 1.3.2-2ubuntu0.3)
  End-Date: 2015-04-15  00:40:43

  Clearing the entire archive including *.bin* files didn't work.
  http://askubuntu.com/a/14552/170177

  Increasing or disabling the cache limit made no difference.
  https://aziest.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/how-to-increase-your-apt-cache-limit/

  Still looking and will update.
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.8
  Architecture: i386
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  MarkForUpload: True
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu10.23
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-26.45~precise1-generic 3.11.10.12
  Tags:  precise package-from-proposed
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-26-generic i686
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2014-12-07 (130 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom debian-tor dialout dip fax floppy fuse lp lpadmin plugdev sambashare scanner tape video

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