Having the same trouble.
r...@frank-mobile:~# gdb --args /usr/bin/aptitude update
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(no debugging symbols found)
(gdb) r
Starting program: /usr/bin/aptitude update
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[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
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[New Thread 0xb7a746d0 (LWP 5426)]
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Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
[Switching to Thread 0xb7a746d0 (LWP 5426)]
0xb80c4006 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6.so.4.7
(gdb) bt
#0 0xb80c4006 in ?? () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6.so.4.7
#1 0xec830008 in ?? ()
Cannot access memory at address 0xbd39c385
strace of apt-get upgrade:
...
open("/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_binary-i386_Packages",
O_RDONLY) = 6
fcntl64(6, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
read(6, "Package: abiword\nPriority: option"..., 32768) = 32768
write(1, "\r\320\247\321\202\320\265\320\275\320\270\320\265
\321\201\320\277\320\270\321\201\3) = 50 списков пакетов... 0%277\320\260"...,
50
stat64("/var/lib/apt/lists/archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_jaunty_main_binary-i386_Packages",
{st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=7703897, ...}) = 0
fstat64(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=7703897, ...}) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
Trying to remove /var/lib/apt/ and/or /var/cache/apt/ did not fix
trouble.
Technical info about system:
r...@frank-mobile:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 9.04
Release: 9.04
Codename: jaunty
r...@frank-mobile:~# uname -a
Linux frank-mobile 2.6.28-15-generic #52-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 9 10:49:34 UTC 2009
i686 GNU/Linux
apt 0.7.20.2ubuntu6
Got this problem after (successful on second run) apt-get upgrade.
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apt segfaults if /var/cache/apt/srcpkgcache.bin is wrong
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/57393
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