[Bug 1899647] [NEW] APT crashes on search

[Oleg "Nightwing" Lomakin]

Public bug reported:

Apt binary just crashes on search command

$ apt search linux
Sorting... Done
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

But apt-cache works:
$ apt-cache search linux       
alsa-base - ALSA driver configuration files
alsa-topology-conf - ALSA topology configuration files
alsa-ucm-conf - ALSA Use Case Manager configuration files
alsa-utils - Utilities for configuring and using ALSA
apparmor - user-space parser utility for AppArmor
auditd - User space tools for security auditing
...
...
etc

I had same problem on clean installations.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Tue Oct 13 16:03:43 2020
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-03 (679 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-10-03 (9 days ago)

** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal

** Attachment added: "crashpump"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1899647/+attachment/5421741/+files/_usr_bin_apt.0.crash

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Title:
  APT crashes on search

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Apt binary just crashes on search command

  $ apt search linux
  Sorting... Done
  Segmentation fault (core dumped)

  But apt-cache works:
  $ apt-cache search linux       
  alsa-base - ALSA driver configuration files
  alsa-topology-conf - ALSA topology configuration files
  alsa-ucm-conf - ALSA Use Case Manager configuration files
  alsa-utils - Utilities for configuring and using ALSA
  apparmor - user-space parser utility for AppArmor
  auditd - User space tools for security auditing
  ...
  ...
  etc

  I had same problem on clean installations.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: apt 2.0.2ubuntu0.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-48.52-generic 5.4.60
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-48-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.9
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  Date: Tue Oct 13 16:03:43 2020
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-12-03 (679 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-10-03 (9 days ago)

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