On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Adrian Holovaty wrote: > I installed Fedora Core 1 last night. Just after installation, I manually > installed the apt RPM (apt-0.5.15cnc1-0.fdr.3.1.i386.rpm). In > /etc/apt/sources.list, I commented out the master repository and added two > repositories (mirrors.usc.edu and rpm.livna.org). I was able to run apt-get > successfully for several packages -- xmms, mplayer, etc. > > Today, though, apt-get suddenly segfaults when I run it. Here are two > examples: > <snip> > > [root@localhost apt]# apt-get install httpd-devel > Segmentation fault > > Any idea why this is happening? I can't think of anything I've done that > would have caused it. I'd be happy to post any conf files if requested. Urgh.. that's fairly alarming if (at least) two people are getting segfaults :(( If you can still reproduce that, please do the following: start apt like this: # gdb apt-get .. (gdb) run update ... And when it crashes run (gdb) bt ..and either send the output of all of that to me or (preferably) file a bug in bugzilla.fedora.us for inspection. Anyway it's quite apparent just from the output that it crashes more-or-less immediately when it's opening/accessing the rpmdb - you probably should do rpm --rebuilddb but please get the backtrace first, it shouldn't crash anyway... - Panu -
