error with synaptic

[Peter Garrett]

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:10 -0400
Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 10:50:57 +0800 "Senectus ." <senectus at gmail.com> wrote:
> >I get this when I start synaptic and can't see any packages..:
> >E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> >E: Error occurred while processing netcat (NewFileVer1)
> >E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
> >E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
> >
> >Any idea's what's causing it, or how to fix it?
> >
> In my experience, reducing the number of repositories and updating will 
> solve it.

Googling this produces the following answer from the first hit

/etc/apt/apt.conf   should contain

APT::Cache-Limit "10000000"

URL: http://www.yak.net/fqa/416.html

I assume, as your solution implies, that the cache runs out of room - thus
shortening the number of repositories allows it not to "overflow" as it
were. 

Peter