apt-get crashed with signal 7 in pkgPolicy::GetCandidateVer()

[claudio adriano starosky]

error

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: apt 0.8.16~exp12ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-18.29-generic 3.2.9
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-18-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.94.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Mar 10 08:59:41 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/apt-get
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301)
ProcCmdline: apt-get check -f -qq
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/sh
Signal: 7
SourcePackage: apt
StacktraceTop:
 pkgPolicy::GetCandidateVer(pkgCache::PkgIterator const&) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12
 pkgDepCache::Init(OpProgress*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12
 pkgCacheFile::BuildDepCache(OpProgress*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12
 pkgCacheFile::Open(OpProgress*, bool) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.4.12
 ?? ()
Title: apt-get crashed with signal 7 in pkgPolicy::GetCandidateVer()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-13 (0 days ago)
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 FileList (this=<optimized out>) at ../build/include/apt-pkg/cacheiterators.h:435
 pkgPolicy::GetCandidateVer (this=0x210e310, Pkg=...) at policy.cc:173
 GetCandidateVer (Pkg=..., this=<optimized out>) at ../build/include/apt-pkg/depcache.h:355
 pkgDepCache::Init (this=0x2112730, Prog=0x7fffa7b03c50) at depcache.cc:149
 pkgCacheFile::BuildDepCache (this=0x7fffa7b03cd0, Progress=0x7fffa7b03c50) at cachefile.cc:143

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Julian Andres Klode (juliank)]

We believe that this bug is caused by an invalid cache file, broken hardware, or that it is fixed in recent APT versions, and I am thus closing the bug, so we can focus on newer ones.