Public bug reported:
# correct output ("10000 Y" or 10k yottabytes)
$ python2.7 -c 'import apt_pkg; print(apt_pkg.size_to_str(10 ** 28))' |od -xc
0000000 3031 3030 2030 0a59
1 0 0 0 0 Y \n
0000010
# incorrect output: random output!
$ python2.7 -c 'import apt_pkg; print(apt_pkg.size_to_str(10 ** 29))' |od -xc
0000000 75b0 01ff 8020 b74c 000a
260 u 377 001 200 L 267 \n
0000011
Admittedly, it'll probably be a while before this becomes an issue ;-)
** Affects: python-apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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random output when size_to_str() passed values larger than 10^28
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