[Linux-disciples] Failed apt-get update

[Adam Kessel]

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Are you tracking several distributions at once (e.g., stable, testing,
and unstable)?  By default, the APT cache is limited to an arbitrary
number of packages, less than the total number of packages in those three
distributions. =20

I believe the relevant parameter in apt.conf is Cache-Limit.  If you set
Cache-Limit to be a high number it should make the error go away.  E.g.:=20

/etc/apt/apt.conf:

APT::Cache-Limit 10000000;

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On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 07:46:31AM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> I just got this error message while trying to do a Debian apt-get update:
>=20
> Reading Package Lists... Error!
> E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room
> E: Error occured while processing gnome-media (NewVersion1)
> E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/dpkg/status
> E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
>=20
> Any idea why that would happen? And why does it strike me that this
> message sucks? Any way to reverse the effects?
>=20
> --=20
> ``This sort of writing is the product of letting math-and-science-phobic
>   English majors become reporters.''
>  -Mark A.R. Kleiman, http://shorl.com/hydrostorigabri
>=20
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