dpkg assert failure: dpkg: ../../../lib/dpkg/dump.c:188: w_status: pigp->trigaw.head

[Carroarmato0]

Binary package hint: dpkg

During the last update, I noticed that there might be a memory leak somewhere. My RAM was being completely filled to the point where swap took over, and was filling up fast as well. I had to kill anything that had to do with the update process. This said, I'm not really sure if the problem occured in dpkg, as I had to kill it too.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: dpkg 1.15.8.4ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
Architecture: amd64
AssertionMessage: dpkg: ../../../lib/dpkg/dump.c:188: w_status: Asserzione \"pigp->trigaw.head\" non riuscita.
Date: Thu Sep 30 19:54:41 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/dpkg
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Beta amd64 (20100901.1)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/dpkg --status-fd 18 --configure -a
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=it_IT.UTF8
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: dpkg
StacktraceTop:
 raise () from /lib/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/libc.so.6
 __assert_fail () from /lib/libc.so.6
 ?? ()
 ?? ()
Title: dpkg assert failure: dpkg: ../../../lib/dpkg/dump.c:188: w_status: Asserzione \"pigp->trigaw.head\" non riuscita.
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StacktraceTop:
 *__GI_raise (sig=<value optimized out>)
 *__GI_abort () at abort.c:92
 *__GI___assert_fail (
 ?? ()
 ?? ()

[dino99 (9d9)]

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