I hit this today in a Bionic container trying to use "apt-get download". Found this bug and based on this trying to provide the debug data that was requested back then. So I gathered the crash file with JulianK's hint and then used Tamas workaround to get all apport tools as needed. # apport-retrace --rebuild-package-info --stdout /var/crash/_usr_lib_apt_methods_http.0.crash dpkg-source: info: extracting apt in apt-1.6~alpha5 dpkg-source: info: unpacking apt_1.6~alpha5.tar.xz W: Download is performed unsandboxed as root as file 'apt_1.6~alpha5.dsc' couldn't be accessed by user '_apt'. - pkgAcquire::Run (13: Permission denied) --- stack trace --- #0 0x00007faff80f04eb in __getdents (fd=3, buf=0x561fff2a96d0 "\035g\233", , nbytes=32768) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getdents.c:96 resultvar = 78 retval = #1 0x00007faff80f00b5 in __readdir (dirp=0x561fff2a96a0) at ../sysdeps/posix/readdir.c:65 maxread = bytes = reclen = dp = saved_errno = 0 #2 0x00007faff55e826e in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_libvirt.so.2 No symbol table info available. #3 0x00007faff55cebdf in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_libvirt.so.2 No symbol table info available. #4 0x00007faff55cf657 in _nss_libvirt_gethostbyname4_r () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_libvirt.so.2 No symbol table info available. #5 0x00007faff81155df in gaih_inet (name=name@entry=0x561fff26cba0 "archive.ubuntu.com", service=, req=req@entry=0x7fffa2434860, pai=pai@entry=0x7fffa2434328, naddrs=naddrs@entry=0x7fffa2434324, tmpbuf=tmpbuf@entry=0x7fffa2434390) at ../sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c:790 fct4 = 0x7faff55cf5f0 <_nss_libvirt_gethostbyname4_r> pat = 0x7fffa2434118 no_inet6_data = nip = 0x561fff2a93d0 status = no_more = 0 no_data = 0 inet6_status = NSS_STATUS_UNAVAIL res_ctx = 0x561fff295a00 res_enable_inet6 = false tp = st = 0x7fffa2434040 at = 0x7fffa2434000 got_ipv6 = false canon = 0x0 orig_name = 0x561fff26cba0 "archive.ubuntu.com" alloca_used = port = malloc_name = false addrmem = 0x0 canonbuf = 0x0 result = 0 #6 0x00007faff81175c7 in __GI_getaddrinfo (name=, service=, hints=0x7fffa2434860, pai=0x561ffdb8b370) at ../sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c:2304 tmpbuf = {data = 0x7fffa24343a0, length = 1024, __space = "\377\002", '\000' , "\003\240CC\242\377\177\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000ff02::3\000ip6-allhosts", '\000' , "able hosts\n\000\257\177\000\000\030\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000<\360\251\300\071s\362\230|?\370\257\177\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\260\346(\377\037V\000\000\000\350(\377\037V\000\000\220m)\377\037V\000\000ps)\377\037V\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\376\263\n\370\257\177\000\000\240b+\377\037V\000\000\006\000\000\000\000\000\000\000\272\375\033\370\257\177\000\000"...} i = 0 last_i = 0 nresults = 0 p = 0x0 gaih_service = {name = 0x7fffa2434aa0 "http", num = -1} pservice = local_hints = {ai_flags = 1, ai_family = 0, ai_socktype = 0, ai_protocol = 0, ai_addrlen = 4280870576, ai_addr = 0x561fff28e800, ai_canonname = 0x561fff296d90 "@m)\377\037V", ai_next = 0x561fff297370} in6ai = 0x561fff28e8f8 in6ailen = 6 seen_ipv4 = true seen_ipv6 = true check_pf_called = true end = 0x7fffa2434328 naddrs = 0 __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "getaddrinfo" #7 0x0000561ffd98218e in ?? () No symbol table info available. #8 0x0000561ffd98359d in ?? () No symbol table info available. #9 0x0000561ffd974652 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #10 0x0000561ffd97c0c8 in ?? () No symbol table info available. #11 0x0000561ffd96b73b in ?? () No symbol table info available. #12 0x00007faff803d1c1 in __libc_start_main (main=0x561ffd96b690, argc=1, argv=0x7fffa2435948, init=, fini=, rtld_fini=, stack_end=0x7fffa2435938) at ../csu/libc-start.c:308 result = unwind_buf = {cancel_jmp_buf = {{jmp_buf = {0, -9070595946702466195, 94695398488480, 140735915710784, 0, 0, -3324084521362287763, -3351014314436619411}, mask_was_saved = 0}}, priv = {pad = {0x0, 0x0, 0x7fffa2435958, 0x7faff953f150}, data = {prev = 0x0, cleanup = 0x0, canceltype = -1572644520}}} not_first_call = #13 0x0000561ffd96b9ca in ?? () No symbol table info available. --- source code stack trace --- #0 0x00007faff80f04eb in __getdents (fd=3, buf=0x561fff2a96d0 "\035g\233", , nbytes=32768) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/getdents.c:96 [Error: getdents.c was not found in source tree] #1 0x00007faff80f00b5 in __readdir (dirp=0x561fff2a96a0) at ../sysdeps/posix/readdir.c:65 [Error: readdir.c was not found in source tree] #2 0x00007faff55e826e in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_libvirt.so.2 #3 0x00007faff55cebdf in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_libvirt.so.2 #4 0x00007faff55cf657 in _nss_libvirt_gethostbyname4_r () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libnss_libvirt.so.2 #5 0x00007faff81155df in gaih_inet (name=name@entry=0x561fff26cba0 "archive.ubuntu.com", service=, req=req@entry=0x7fffa2434860, pai=pai@entry=0x7fffa2434328, naddrs=naddrs@entry=0x7fffa2434324, tmpbuf=tmpbuf@entry=0x7fffa2434390) at ../sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c:790 [Error: getaddrinfo.c was not found in source tree] #6 0x00007faff81175c7 in __GI_getaddrinfo (name=, service=, hints=0x7fffa2434860, pai=0x561ffdb8b370) at ../sysdeps/posix/getaddrinfo.c:2304 [Error: getaddrinfo.c was not found in source tree] #7 0x0000561ffd98218e in ?? () #8 0x0000561ffd98359d in ?? () #9 0x0000561ffd974652 in ?? () #10 0x0000561ffd97c0c8 in ?? () #11 0x0000561ffd96b73b in ?? () #12 0x00007faff803d1c1 in __libc_start_main (main=0x561ffd96b690, argc=1, argv=0x7fffa2435948, init=, fini=, rtld_fini=, stack_end=0x7fffa2435938) at ../csu/libc-start.c:308 [Error: libc-start.c was not found in source tree] #13 0x0000561ffd96b9ca in ?? ()