prelink.bin assert failure: prelink.bin: ../../src/conflict.c:763: prelink_build_conflicts: Assertion `j < ndeps' failed.

[Andrew Watkins]

Assert failure

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: prelink 0.0.20090925-1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-9.15-generic 3.0.3
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-9-generic i686
Architecture: i386
AssertionMessage: prelink.bin: ../../src/conflict.c:763: prelink_build_conflicts: Assertion `j < ndeps' failed.
CrashCounter: 1
Date: Sun Sep 4 00:47:58 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/sbin/prelink.bin
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta i386 (20110830.2)
ProcCmdline: /usr/sbin/prelink.bin -a -mR -T -f
ProcEnviron:
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
Signal: 6
SourcePackage: prelink
StacktraceTop:
 __kernel_vsyscall ()
 raise () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 abort () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 __assert_fail () from /lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc.so.6
 ?? ()
Title: prelink.bin assert failure: prelink.bin: ../../src/conflict.c:763: prelink_build_conflicts: Assertion `j < ndeps' failed.
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups:

mtime.conffile..etc.default.prelink: 2011-09-04T00:32:48.281233

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Bolche (companheiro-vermelho)]

This bug looks related to http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=620630

[Jason Heath (jheath8)]

I have fixed this problem on my Linux Mint 12 system using "sudo prelink -amvR". I took the error outputs and blacklisted the files in /etc/prelink.conf. A copy of my prelink.conf file is below. I hope this helps. Additionally, this repaired the /etc/cron.daily/prelink aborted at line 55 problem reported in other bugs.
Prelink.conf

# This config file contains a list of directories both with binaries
# and libraries prelink should consider by default.
# If a directory name is prefixed with `-l ', the directory hierarchy
# will be walked as long as filesystem boundaries are not crossed.
# If a directory name is prefixed with `-h ', symbolic links in a
# directory hierarchy are followed.
# Directories or files with `-b ' prefix will be blacklisted.
-b *.la
-b *.png
-b *.py
-b *.pl
-b *.pm
-b *.sh
-b *.xml
-b *.xslt
-b *.a
-b *.js
-b /lib/modules
-b /usr/lib/locale
-l /usr/local/sbin
-l /sbin
-l /usr/sbin
-l /usr/local/bin
-l /bin
-l /usr/bin
-l /usr/X11R6/bin
-l /usr/games
-l /usr/local/lib
-l /lib
-l /usr/lib
-l /usr/X11R6/lib
-b /usr/lib/klibc/bin
-b /usr/lib/thunderbird-10.0.2/plugin-container
-b /usr/lib/nvidia-current/bin/nvidia-smi
-b /usr/lib/libreoffice
-b /usr/lib/ure/bin
-b /usr/bin/aptitude-curses
-b /usr/bin/skype

[Jason Heath (jheath8)]

I've tracked the libreoffice problem down to these two files so I didn't need to blacklist all of Libreoffice:

-b /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.4/program
-b /usr/lib/libreoffice/program