Just happened again in Feisty. The solution is the same: remove /var/cache/apt/*.bin. Backtrace for reference:
Core was generated by `apt-get update'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. #0 0xb7e65da7 in pkgCache::FindPkg () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6.so.4.5 (gdb) bt #0 0xb7e65da7 in pkgCache::FindPkg () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6.so.4.5 #1 0xb7e92809 in pkgCacheGenerator::NewPackage () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6.so.4.5 #2 0xb7e936c4 in pkgCacheGenerator::MergeList () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6.so.4.5 #3 0xb7ed1e34 in debStatusIndex::Merge () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6.so.4.5 #4 0xb7e947fa in ?? () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6.so.4.5 #5 0xb7e96297 in pkgMakeStatusCache () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6.so.4.5 #6 0xb7e8c6ba in pkgCacheFile::BuildCaches () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6.so.4.5 #7 0x08057480 in ?? () #8 0xb7e57b2b in CommandLine::DispatchArg () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6.so.4.5 #9 0x0804ea1b in ?? () #10 0xb7bd1050 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #11 0x0804cec1 in ?? () -- apt segmentation faults (core dump) in feisty https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/72475 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
