[Bug 1288718] Re: apt-extracttemplates crashed with SIGABRT in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler()

[Julian Andres Klode]

This bug has been fixed upstream in commit
b68ce88357daf362e60d7f8f131041289c8db690

http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=apt/apt.git;a=commit;h=b68ce88357daf362e60d7f8f131041289c8db690

commit b68ce88357daf362e60d7f8f131041289c8db690
Author: Julian Andres Klode <jak at debian.org>
Date:   Mon Mar 17 13:43:12 2014 +0100

    apt-inst: Do not try to create a substring of an empty string in error reporting
    
    One of our compressors (the empty one) has an empty extension. Calling substr
    on it fails.

diff --git a/apt-inst/deb/debfile.cc b/apt-inst/deb/debfile.cc
index 3803329..a63cb67 100644
--- a/apt-inst/deb/debfile.cc
+++ b/apt-inst/deb/debfile.cc
@@ -124,8 +124,10 @@ bool debDebFile::ExtractTarMember(pkgDirStream &Stream,const char *Name)
    {
       std::string ext = std::string(Name) + ".{";
       for (std::vector<APT::Configuration::Compressor>::const_iterator c = compressor.begin();
-          c != compressor.end(); ++c)
-        ext.append(c->Extension.substr(1));
+          c != compressor.end(); ++c) {
+        if (!c->Extension.empty())
+           ext.append(c->Extension.substr(1));
+      }
       ext.append("}");
       return _error->Error(_("Internal error, could not locate member %s"), ext.c_str());
    }

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Title:
  apt-extracttemplates crashed with SIGABRT in
  __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler()

Status in “apt” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “apt” package in Debian:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  The installation was just about to begin through aptitude when the
  crash occured whilst apt-extracttemplate was running

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: apt-utils 0.9.15.4ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-15.35-generic 3.13.5
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-15-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.13.2-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Thu Mar  6 23:41:52 2014
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/apt-extracttemplates
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-05 (1 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha amd64 (20131227)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  Signal: 6
  SourcePackage: apt
  StacktraceTop:
   __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
   ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
   std::terminate() () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
   __cxa_throw () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
   std::__throw_out_of_range(char const*) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
  Title: apt-extracttemplates crashed with SIGABRT in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler()
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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