On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Alexander Koch wrote: > Hello. > > |tired ~ # apt-get update > |[stable and unstable] > |Updating package file cache... > |E: Line 3 in package file > /var/state/apt/lists/http.us.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-i386_Packages > is too long.(2) > > Can you give me a hint what may be wrong with that one? > I fail to find the reason for this... > > This is a shiny new slink, taken from the current bootdisks > and apt 0.1.9. > > Attached you will find an extract of an strace. > I know nearly nothing about any formats or something > or even C programming, but.. isn't the seek value a > bit too high?
Somehow you are using glibc2.1 which has a bug in it's handling of legacy iostreams code. Jason
