[clug] apt-get problem :-S

[Jepri]

Nemo -earth native- wrote:

>I got this the other day
>
>Reason for problem: apt allocates a static sized block of memory and if
>the packages and release files it downloads from the sources.list exceed
>that memory, kaput bang - you get what you see there. 
>
>Simple solution: comment out a few lines in your sources.list and try
>again
>
>'Better' solution: check out `man apt.conf` and look for the
>'Cache-Limit options
>  
>

Or just add some more swap.

I think that this is a bug as well.  I don't think the argument about 
security is very sound.  If someone is putting malicious Packages.gz 
files in a repository, then they probably have enough access to trojan 
some of the files as well.