Package: libc6 Version: 2.9-3 Severity: important Note, this happens to me with python, sudo and several other programs
$ sudo sudo: ../sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c:1463: rfc3484_sort: Assertion `src->results[i].native == -1 || src->results[i].native == a2_native' failed. Aborted Googling around I found that this is bug 317824 in ubuntu https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/317824 As in the report I can fix it by commenting out a few lines in /etc/hosts. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (700, 'stable'), (650, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-rc6-git-sonne (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libgcc1 1:4.3.3-4 GCC support library libc6 recommends no packages. Versions of packages libc6 suggests: ii glibc-doc 2.9-3 GNU C Library: Documentation ii libc6-i686 2.9-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries [i ii locales 2.9-3 GNU C Library: National Language ( -- debconf information: * glibc/upgrade: true glibc/restart-failed: glibc/restart-services: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org