apt_check.py crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg()

[Varga Zoltán]

Binary package hint: update-notifier

System Release: Ubuntu lucid 10.04 Alpha 2, kernel 2.6.32-11-generic

Package version:
update-notifier:
  Installed: 0.92
  Marked: 0.92
  Versiontable:
 *** 0.92 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

The system is running virtualized in a Sun VirtualBox 3.1.2 r56127 virtual machine on a Ubuntu 9.04 with kernel 2.6.28-17-server.

I ran 'sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' in terminal. The updating and upgrading processes terminated successfully without any errors, the crash icon suddenly appeared. I have main, restricted, universe, multiverse, partner, source repositories enabled.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jan 22 12:37:25 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt_check.py
InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Engedély megtagadva: '/var/log/installer/media-info'
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: update-notifier-common 0.92
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=hu_HU.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-11.15-generic
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x5709e0 <_ZN8pkgCache7FindPkgERKSs+96>: mov (%esi),%edx
 PC (0x005709e0) ok
 source "(%esi)" (0xcd472cf0) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%edx" ok
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: update-notifier
StacktraceTop:
 pkgCache::FindPkg(std::string const&) ()
 pkgCacheGenerator::NewPackage(pkgCache::PkgIterator&, std::string const&) () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6.so.4.8
 pkgCacheGenerator::MergeList(pkgCacheGenerator::ListParser&, pkgCache::VerIterator*) () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6.so.4.8
 debStatusIndex::Merge(pkgCacheGenerator&, OpProgress&) const
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6.so.4.8
Title: apt_check.py crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg()
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-11-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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