Public bug reported: 'apt-cache search' is segfaulting consistently for me here in trusty - /after/ displaying the results to my query.
ProblemType: Crash DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: apt 0.9.9.1~ubuntu4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.6-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CrashCounter: 1 Date: Thu Nov 7 16:20:19 2013 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/apt-cache InstallationDate: Installed on 2010-09-24 (1140 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100816.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcCmdline: apt-cache search unity8 SegvAnalysis: Segfault happened at: 0x7f24f28daa42 <_ZN10pkgRecords6LookupERKN8pkgCache16DescFileIteratorE+34>: mov 0x44(%rax),%edx PC (0x7f24f28daa42) ok source "0x44(%rax)" (0x7f32c259fc5c) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)! destination "%edx" ok SegvReason: reading unknown VMA Signal: 11 SourcePackage: apt StacktraceTop: pkgRecords::Lookup(pkgCache::DescFileIterator const&) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12 ?? () CommandLine::DispatchArg(CommandLine::Dispatch*, bool) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12 ?? () __libc_start_main (main=0x4078d0, argc=3, ubp_av=0x7fff175433d8, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7fff175433c8) at libc-start.c:260 Title: apt-cache crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgRecords::Lookup() UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2013-10-23 (15 days ago) UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout libvirtd lpadmin mythtv plugdev sambashare src sudo ** Affects: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-crash need-amd64-retrace trusty ** Information type changed from Private to Public -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1249137 Title: apt-cache crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgRecords::Lookup() To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1249137/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs