Bug 2850

Summary:	apt-cache whatdepends segfaults
Product:	Sisyphus	Reporter:	Dmitry V. Levin <ldv>
Component:	apt	Assignee:	placeholder <placeholder>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	critical
Priority:	P3	CC:	boyarsh, glebfm, greycat, imz, ldv, placeholder
Version:	unstable
Hardware:	all
OS:	Linux

Description Dmitry V. Levin 2003-08-18 15:22:05 MSD

apt-cache whatdepends segfaults when system rpm database contains no packages.

Details see below.
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$ /raid/ldv/aptbox/apt-cache whatdepends fileutils
&lt;fileutils&gt;
  uucp-1.06.1-ipl22mdk
    Для установки требует: &lt;fileutils&gt;
      coreutils-5.0-alt3
Segmentation fault

$ /raid/ldv/aptbox/apt-cache whatdepends kernel              
&lt;kernel&gt;
  sysstat-4.0.7-alt1
    Требует: &lt;kernel&gt;
      kernel-image-llc-smp#2.4.21-alt2-2.4.21-alt2
      kernel-image-llc-up#2.4.21-alt2-2.4.21-alt2
      kernel-image-std-smp#2.4.21rel-alt8-2.4.21rel-alt8
      kernel-image-std-up#2.4.21rel-alt13-2.4.21rel-alt13
      kernel-image-w4l-up#2.4.21-alt4-2.4.21-alt4
      kernel22-smp#2.2.25-alt1-2.2.25-alt1
      kernel22-smp-secure#2.2.25-alt1-2.2.25-alt1
      kernel22-up#2.2.25-alt1-2.2.25-alt1
      kernel22-up-secure#2.2.25-alt1-2.2.25-alt1
Segmentation fault

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Comment 1 Dmitry V. Levin 2003-10-18 15:11:26 MSD

*** Bug 3180 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Dmitry V. Levin 2004-01-16 18:41:18 MSK

Seems to be fixed in apt-0.5.15cnc5-alt1