Comment 2 for bug 845716

Using ssize_t doesn't help 32bit systems as ssize_t is only on 64bit systems larger than an int.

Either way, the issue should be fixed in a newer release of APT, see LP: #250909 and debians APT version 0.7.26~exp6 for details. It might be possible that this is not completely fixed for everyone through as debugs #632271 suggests which is only fixed in debian experimental for now (as these kind of changes make an abi break nessary and are therefore out of question for a sane backport).

It would be cool if you could test these versions and report back. I am closing this bug in the meantime. If it is really not fixed in newer versions please reopen!