Package: apt-show-versions Version: 0.22.8 On *buster*, we get as root: # apt-show-versions -i Max. recursion depth with nested structures exceeded at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.28/Storable.pm line 278, at /usr/bin/apt-show-versions line 271.
As non-root, we get no issue: $ apt-show-versions -i 2to3:all/testing 3.6.7-1 uptodate ... zstd:amd64/buster 1.3.5+dfsg-1+10.0 uptodate This issue affects "apt update" process: # apt update Hit:1 http://security.debian.org testing/updates InRelease ... Hit:6 https://download.docker.com/linux/debian buster InRelease Fetched 7,338 B in 1s (8,431 B/s) Max. recursion depth with nested structures exceeded at /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.28/Storable.pm line 278, at /usr/bin/apt-show-versions line 271. Reading package lists... Done E: Problem executing scripts APT::Update::Post-Invoke-Success 'test -x /usr/bin/apt-show-versions || exit 0 ; apt-show-versions -i' E: Sub-process returned an error code Reinstalling apt-show-versions throws the same error. This issue happened with the upgrade to perl & 5.28.0-3. -- Jean-Christophe