apt_check.py crashed with signal 7 in std::string::compare()

Bug #510806 reported by Christoph Korn
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
update-notifier (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: update-notifier

It happened when I checked for updates using the update manager.

The other bug reports do not have exactly the same title.

So maybe this is another bug.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Jan 21 19:42:34 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt_check.py
InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/installer/media-info'
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
Package: update-notifier-common 0.92
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-11.15-generic
Signal: 7
SourcePackage: update-notifier
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /lib/libc.so.6
 std::string::compare(char const*) const ()
 debPackagesIndex::FindInCache(pkgCache&) const ()
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6.so.4.8
 pkgMakeStatusCache(pkgSourceList&, OpProgress&, MMap**, bool) () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6.so.4.8
Title: apt_check.py crashed with signal 7 in std::string::compare()
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-11-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Christoph Korn (c-korn) wrote :
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Apport retracing service (apport) wrote :

StacktraceTop:
 __strlen_sse2 () at ../sysdeps/x86_64/multiarch/../strlen.S:31
 std::string::compare (this=<value optimized out>,
 debPackagesIndex::FindInCache (
 CheckValidity (CacheFile=<value optimized out>,
 pkgMakeStatusCache (List=<value optimized out>,

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Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
tags: removed: need-amd64-retrace
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Robert Roth (evfool)
visibility: private → public
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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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