[clug] apt-get problem :-S

[Cody Miller]

On Sat, 2004-02-14 at 13:18, Jepri wrote:
> 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.

um, 
the box in question has 400 odd MB ram and a 2GB swap i dont think it
helps :-S

neways, i have fixed the problem 
 
=- Cody Miller