Package: apt-xapian-index Version: 0.46 Severity: important Dear Maintainer,
Cron job fails on my computer with the message : /etc/cron.weekly/apt-xapian-index: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index", line 102, in <module> indexer.incrementalUpdate() File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/axi/indexer.py", line 670, in incrementalUpdate self.updateIndex(dbpath) File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/axi/indexer.py", line 629, in updateIndex db = xapian.WritableDatabase(pathname, xapian.DB_CREATE_OR_OPEN) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/xapian/__init__.py", line 4303, in __init__ _xapian.WritableDatabase_swiginit(self,_xapian.new_WritableDatabase(*args)) xapian.DatabaseLockError: Unable to get write lock on /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.1: Couldn't fork: Cannot allocate memory run-parts: /etc/cron.weekly/apt-xapian-index exited with return code 1 sudo /usr/sbin/update-apt-xapian-index --update --quiet has the exact same result sudo update-apt-xapian-index --force says Reading .desktop files from /usr/share/app-install/desktop/: done. Reading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_i18n_TranslaReading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_i18n_Translation-en: done. Reading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_non-free_i18n_TraReading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_non-free_i18n_Translation-en: done. Reading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_contrib_i18n_TranReading en translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_contrib_i18n_Translation-en: done. Reading en.IndexDiff translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_i1Reading en.IndexDiff translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_i18n_Translation-en.IndexDiff: done. Reading fr translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_i18n_TranslaReading fr translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_i18n_Translation-fr: done. Reading fr.IndexDiff translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_i1Reading fr.IndexDiff translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_i18n_Translation-fr.IndexDiff: done. Reading en.IndexDiff translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_non-freReading en.IndexDiff translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_non-free_i18n_Translation-en.IndexDiff: done. Reading en.IndexDiff translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_contribReading en.IndexDiff translations from /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fr.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_contrib_i18n_Translation-en.IndexDiff: done. FATAL -> Failed to fork. I don't know where the problem can be (and if it is on my side). at least ls -lRh /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/ /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/: total 4,0K drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4,0K sept. 6 08:18 index.1 /var/cache/apt-xapian-index/index.1: total 121M -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 oct. 11 10:14 flintlock -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 28 déc. 15 2011 iamchert -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 822 sept. 6 08:18 postlist.baseA -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 827 août 30 08:58 postlist.baseB -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 52M sept. 6 08:18 postlist.DB -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64 sept. 6 08:18 record.baseA -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 64 août 30 08:58 record.baseB -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3,0M sept. 6 08:18 record.DB -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 163 sept. 6 08:18 spelling.baseA -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 176 août 30 08:58 spelling.baseB -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11M sept. 6 08:18 spelling.DB -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14 sept. 6 08:18 synonym.baseA -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14 août 30 08:58 synonym.baseB -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16K sept. 6 08:18 synonym.DB -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 907 sept. 6 08:18 termlist.baseA -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 907 août 30 08:58 termlist.baseB -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 56M sept. 6 08:18 termlist.DB seems OK. The first cron email about the failure is from sept. 13 (coherent with the date sept. 6 of the ls) The only python package I update during this week is python-numpy. All the best, Pierre B. -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (500, 'testing') Architecture: powerpc (ppc) Kernel: Linux 3.10-3-powerpc Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages apt-xapian-index depends on: ii python 2.7.5-5 ii python-apt 0.8.9 ii python-debian 0.1.21+nmu2 ii python-support 1.0.15 ii python-xapian 1.2.15-4 apt-xapian-index recommends no packages. Versions of packages apt-xapian-index suggests: ii app-install-data 2012.06.16.1 ii python-xdg 0.25-3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org