Package: aptitude Version: 0.6.11-1 Severity: important I've got a local configuration file in ~/.aptitude/config with the contents:
aptitude::Keep-Unused-Pattern ""; aptitude::Delete-Unused-Pattern ""; aptitude::Suppress-Read-Only-Warning "true"; aptitude::Get-Root-Command "sudo"; and my user belongs to the sudoers group, and sudo is configured so that that user does not need to type her password when executing sudo commands. This setup has been working for years, and broke a few days ago. When i do a U in aptitude to update the package list, i get the usual dialog asking me if i'd like to change the root account. When i accept by hitting return on the "Become root" button, aptitude immediately segfaults. I've tried to eliminate the possibility of a ncurses problem by using xterm instead of rxvt, and i have the exact some behaviour in both emulators. -- Package-specific info: Terminal: rxvt-unicode-256color $DISPLAY is set. which aptitude: /usr/bin/aptitude aptitude version information: aptitude 0.6.11 compiled at Jun 9 2014 20:46:57 Compiler: g++ 4.8.3 Compiled against: apt version 4.12.0 NCurses version 5.9 libsigc++ version: 2.2.11 Gtk+ support disabled. Qt support disabled. Current library versions: NCurses version: ncurses 5.9.20140118 cwidget version: 0.5.17 Apt version: 4.12.0 aptitude linkage: linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff05ef0000) libapt-pkg.so.4.12 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12 (0x00007fdddef12000) libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.5 (0x00007fdddecdd000) libtinfo.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.5 (0x00007fdddeab2000) libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0x00007fddde8ad000) libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcwidget.so.3 (0x00007fddde5a6000) libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsqlite3.so.0 (0x00007fddde2e9000) libboost_iostreams.so.1.55.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_iostreams.so.1.55.0 (0x00007fddde0d1000) libxapian.so.22 => /usr/lib/libxapian.so.22 (0x00007fddddcd3000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fddddab5000) libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fdddd7aa000) libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fdddd4a9000) libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fdddd292000) libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fdddcee9000) libutil.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libutil.so.1 (0x00007fdddcce6000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fdddcae1000) libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007fdddc8c9000) libbz2.so.1.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbz2.so.1.0 (0x00007fdddc6b9000) liblzma.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007fdddc495000) librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fdddc28d000) libuuid.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1 (0x00007fdddc087000) /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fdddf89b000) -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.14-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) 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 aptitude depends on: ii aptitude-common 0.6.11-1 ii libapt-pkg4.12 1.0.3 ii libboost-iostreams1.55.0 1.55.0+dfsg-1 ii libc6 2.19-1 ii libcwidget3 0.5.17-1 ii libgcc1 1:4.9.0-6 ii libncursesw5 5.9+20140118-1 ii libsigc++-2.0-0c2a 2.2.11-3 ii libsqlite3-0 3.8.4.3-3 ii libstdc++6 4.9.0-6 ii libtinfo5 5.9+20140118-1 ii libxapian22 1.2.17-1 Versions of packages aptitude recommends: pn aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-doc <none> pn libparse-debianchangelog-perl <none> ii sensible-utils 0.0.9 Versions of packages aptitude suggests: pn apt-xapian-index <none> pn debtags <none> pn tasksel <none> -- 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