gcj-dbtool segfaults
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gcc-4.8 (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.3 LTS
Release: 14.04
The problem occurs when I try to install the following package:
# apt-get install gcj-jre-headless
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
gcj-jre-headless is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 3 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Setting up gcj-4.8-
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
dpkg: error processing package gcj-4.8-
subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gcj-jre-headless:
gcj-jre-headless depends on gcj-4.8-
Package gcj-4.8-
dpkg: error processing package gcj-jre-headless (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
gcj-4.
gcj-jre-headless
The root of the problem seems to be the following binary contained in gcj-4.8-
# gcj-dbtool-4.8 --help
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
# gcj-dbtool-4.8
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
# gcj-dbtool-4.8 -version
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Tried on a fresh system and unable to reproduce