apt_check.py crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgDepCache::StateCache::StripEpoch()

Bug #356804 reported by Will Kemp
6
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
update-notifier (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-notifier

Version: 9.04 beta

`apt-cache policy update-notifier` Segfaults, and synaptic dumps core, so i don't know what package version is. But it was current at about 2009-04-07 18:00 UTC.

Update notifier crashes.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
CrashCounter: 1
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt_check.py
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: update-notifier-common 0.76.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/sh
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: update-notifier
StacktraceTop:
 pkgDepCache::StateCache::StripEpoch ()
 pkgDepCache::StateCache::Update ()
 pkgDepCache::Init ()
 pkgCacheFile::Open ()
 TmpGetCache ()
Title: apt_check.py crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgDepCache::StateCache::StripEpoch()
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-11-generic x86_64
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Will Kemp (will-swaggie) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : Stacktrace.txt (retraced)

StacktraceTop:pkgDepCache::StateCache::StripEpoch (this=0x7f5d63894340,
pkgDepCache::StateCache::Update (
pkgDepCache::Init (this=0xbf3be0,
pkgCacheFile::Open (this=0xba9b90,
TmpGetCache (Self=<value optimized out>,

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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote : ThreadStacktrace.txt (retraced)
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
visibility: private → public
Michael Vogt (mvo)
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Mörgæs (moergaes) wrote :

Closing due to age.
If a similar bug appears in Ubuntu 14.04 please open a new report.

Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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