apt-get update/upgrade coredumps

[Roberto Nibali]

Package: apt
Version: 0.6.45ubuntu14
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable


I've collected a bt for your viewing pleasure (probably not very 
helpful):

(no debugging symbols found)
Core was generated by `apt-get update'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
#0  0xb7d02c53 in strlen () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
(gdb) bt
#0  0xb7d02c53 in strlen () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#1  0xb7e8a186 in std::string::compare () from /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6
#2  0xb7f86a27 in debPackagesIndex::FindInCache ()
   from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.4-6.so.3.51
#3  0xbff1b2ac in ?? ()
#4  0x00000000 in ?? ()
(gdb)

The following is a bit special, but might not be influencial to this 
core dumping behaviour:

Ign http://download.skype.com stable/non-free Translation-en_US
99% [5 Translation-en_US bzip2 0] [Release gpgv 19613] [Waiting for 
headers] [Wbzip2: (stdin) is not a bzip2 file.


-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Install-Recommends "0";
APT::Install-Suggests "0";
APT::NeverAutoRemove "";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-image.*";
APT::NeverAutoRemove:: "^linux-restricted-modules.*";
APT::Install-Recommends-Section "metapackages";
APT::Periodic "";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "0";
APT::Acquire "";
APT::Acquire::Translation "environment";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
aptitude "";
aptitude::Keep-Unused-Pattern "^linux-image.*$ | ^linux-restricted-modules.*$";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
Acquire "";
Acquire::http "";
Acquire::http::Proxy "false";

-- /etc/apt/preferences --

Package: tora
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 2000


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

deb http://ch.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ edgy main restricted universe multiverse
#deb http://packages.freecontrib.org/plf/ dapper free non-free

deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu edgy-security main universe 
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free 
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/kde-latest dapper main
deb http://kubuntu.org/packages/amarok-latest dapper main

# Bleeding edge wine packages (packages)
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt dapper main

# VLC nightlies
deb http://nightlies.videolan.org/build/dapper-i386 /

## Improved Font rendering packages
deb http://www.elisanet.fi/mlind/ubuntu dapper fonts

# Skype packages
deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free

# NuFW
deb http://www.nufw.org/debian/ testing/

# Newest Frozen Bubble
deb http://thomas.enix.org/pub/debian/packages edgy main

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.19-rc2-g4e4398f1
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                  2.4-1ubuntu12     GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libgcc1                1:4.1.1-13ubuntu5 GCC support library
ii  libstdc++6             4.1.1-13ubuntu5   The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  ubuntu-keyring              2005.01.12.1 GnuPG keys of the Ubuntu archive

-- no debconf information