apt_check.py crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg()

[Jean-Max Reymond]

Binary package hint: update-notifier

after installation of packages with synaptic

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: update-notifier-common 0.99.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Apr 10 10:18:23 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt_check.py
InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission non accordée: '/var/log/installer/media-info'
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=fr_FR.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0xb9e47e <_ZN8pkgCache7FindPkgERKSs+110>: movzbl (%edx),%eax
 PC (0x00b9e47e) ok
 source "(%edx)" (0xe8350439) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%eax" ok
SegvReason: reading unknown VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: update-notifier
StacktraceTop:
 pkgCache::FindPkg(std::string const&) ()
 pkgCacheGenerator::NewPackage(pkgCache::PkgIterator&, std::string const&) () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6.so.4.8
 pkgCacheGenerator::MergeList(pkgCacheGenerator::ListParser&, pkgCache::VerIterator*) () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6.so.4.8
 debStatusIndex::Merge(pkgCacheGenerator&, OpProgress&) const
 ?? () from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.10-6.so.4.8
Title: apt_check.py crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg()
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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