Debian Bug report logs - #17897
dpkg: dselect core dumped

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: <ulisses@pusa.eleinf.uv.es>

To: submit@bugs.debian.org

Subject: dpkg: dselect core dumped

Date: Fri, 6 Feb 1998 18:08:00 +0100 (CET)

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.8

Hi,

First of all I would like to thanks everyone who makes Debian a reality

I was on a loged remotely as a normal used in a unstable DOS-N
CSA terminal with an slowlink viewing the packages installed when dselect
core dumped.

Here is what gdb tells:

Script started on Fri Feb  6 18:00:46 1998
/home/ulisses:$ gdb --core=core
GDB is free software and you are welcome to distribute copies of it
 under certain conditions; type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB; type "show warranty" for details.
GDB 4.16 (i586-debian-linux), Copyright 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Core was generated by `dselect'.
Program terminated with signal 3, Quit.
#0  0x400ae2b8 in ?? ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x400ae2b8 in ?? ()
#1  0x4001d7e7 in ?? ()
#2  0x4001d4b9 in ?? ()
#3  0x805005b in ?? ()
#4  0x804a051 in ?? ()
#5  0x804a33b in ?? ()
#6  0x804a555 in ?? ()
#7  0x8049d9b in ?? ()
(gdb) quit
/home/ulisses:$ exit
exit

Script done on Fri Feb  6 18:01:43 1998

I hope this helps,

I'll save the core dump some time if you want to know something about the core...

	Cheers,
	
		Ulisses

-- System Information
Debian Release: 1.3
Kernel Version: Linux pusa 2.0.32 #2 Tue Jan 20 10:01:43 CET 1998 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
libc5	Version: 5.4.33-6
ncurses3.0	Version: 1.9.9e-1

Message #14 received at 17897-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>

To: 1399-done@bugs.debian.org, 13187-done@bugs.debian.org, 17877-done@bugs.debian.org, 17897-done@bugs.debian.org, 21330-done@bugs.debian.org, 46747-done@bugs.debian.org, 52919-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: these bugs have all been fixed in the latest dpkg (1.6.9)

Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 18:25:13 +0100

Hi people,

These bugs you have reported have all been fixed in the latest dpkg
package, version 1.6.9.

     * #1399: dselect error handling not consistent
     * #6007: dselect pbm.

Dselect now displays a message saying that the database is inaccessible or
that it is locked, asks for <enter>, and returns to the main menu
afterwards.

     * #13187: --quiet|--verbose on update-alternatives don't do
       anything.

Verbosity ($verbosemode) has been implemented in update-alternatives.

     * #17877: dpkg: 'help' gets annoying after a while

There is a `--expert' command line option for dselect that turns off
automatic help messages.

     * #17897: dpkg: dselect core dumped
     * #18028: scanning package dir breaks install
     * #18484: dpkg: "internal error" in dselect
     * #18540: dpkg: unhelpful error message (invalid control file)
     * #22649: dselect crashes

This was an old bug in the "disk" access method, and it seems to have been
fixed long ago.

     * #21330: dpkg: link and use problems on non-snprintf platform

The snprintf usage in that file was fixed.

     * #46747: dpkg: [hurd] start-stop-daemon

This Hurd patch was applied.

     * #52919: dpkg: Dselect main menu title line incorrect (has %s,
       printf problem?).

This %s was fixed.

(Wichert, dpkg maintainer, has told me I may close these bug reports instead
of him)

Thanks for reporting.

-- 
enJoy -*/\*- don't even try to pronounce my first name

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