[debian] apt segfaults after corrupted package download on d-u

[Andre Roth]

On Mon, 1 Sep 2008 18:07:45 +0200
Marcel <tanuva at googlemail.com> wrote:

> Am Montag 01 September 2008 17:44:46 schrieb arne anka:
> > > with a segfault when attempting to read the dependency tree [1].
> > > What may I do about that?
> >
> > could be, your apt is stuck with that broken package (somewhere internally
> > is probably an "unfinished job!" flag set).
> > try to download the package manually (wget or so)
> > apt-cache show linux-libc-dev
> > shows in Filename the path, just prepend your favourite repository's url
> > and install it by hand
> > dpkg -i linux-libc-dev_2.6.26-4_armel.deb
> >
> >
> > after that
> > apt-ge -f install
> > might be a good idea
> 
> Installing the package by hand worked fine, but apt is still stuck with a 
> segfault.

apt-get clean and removing the *bin files in /var/cache/apt/ helped here for such problems...




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