[Bug 1538438] Re: apt-helper crashed with SIGABRT in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler()

[Brian Murray]

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
    Milestone: None => xenial-updates

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

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Triaged

Bug description:
  After installing flashplugin-installer I get a prompt noting:
  [START]
  Failure to download extra data files

  The following packages requested additional data downloads after
  package installation, but the data could not be downloaded or could
  not be processed.

  flashplugin-installer

  The download will be attempted again later, or you can try the download again now.  Running this command requires an active Internet connection.
  [END]

  Clicking the button Run this action now causes this crash
  consistently.

  Unfortunately, this has the negative outcome of disallowing folks who
  use Firefox from being able to update, or install Flash.

  There are a fair number of these events logged in errors.ubuntu.com.

  WORKAROUND: Use Google Chrome/Chromium with pepper flash.

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: apt 1.1.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.3.0-7.18-generic 4.3.3
  Uname: Linux 4.3.0-7-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.19.4-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Jan 27 01:36:34 2016
  ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-25 (276 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Release amd64 (20150422)
  ProcCmdline: /usr/lib/apt/apt-helper download-file http://archive.canonical.com/pool/partner/a/adobe-flashplugin/adobe-flashplugin_20151228.1.orig.tar.gz /var/lib/update-notifier/package-data-downloads/partial/adobe-flashplugin_20151228.1.orig.tar.gz SHA256:d322547d4542eeed2f57469cc0d3c10e9a55af6632c05be9fe8b6c6a0dbcffdb
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LANGUAGE=en_US
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
  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_fmt(char const*, ...) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
  Title: apt-helper crashed with SIGABRT in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler()
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to xenial on 2016-01-27 (0 days ago)
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