Bug 46469 – memory alloc (3475134059 bytes) returned NULL" on some RPM operations

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Bug 46469 - memory alloc (3475134059 bytes) returned NULL" on some RPM operations

Summary:	memory alloc (3475134059 bytes) returned NULL" on some RPM operations

Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	rpm (Show other bugs)
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Version:	7.1
Hardware:	i686 Linux

Priority	high Severity high
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Assigned To:	Jeff Johnson
QA Contact:	David Lawrence
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URL:	http://download.babbotec.org/rpmdb.ta...
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Reported:	2001-06-28 18:22 EDT by Dominik Geisel
Modified:	2005-10-31 17:00 EST (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Last Closed:	2001-06-28 18:22:13 EDT
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Description Dominik Geisel 2001-06-28 18:22:10 EDT

as written in the mailing list, I cannot "rpm -qa" any more because I get

 the error "memory alloc (3475134059 bytes) returned NULL"





How Reproducible:happens always





Steps to Reproduce:

1. enter rpm -qa

2. 

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Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2001-06-30 14:17:33 EDT

FIxed in rpm-4.0.3-0.55. Meanwhile, your rpm/Packages and my rebuilddb
log are at
	ftp://people.redhat.com/jbj/rpmdb3-46469-FIX.tar.gz
Do the following
	cd /var/lib/rpm
	mv Packages Package-SAVE
	cd ..
	tar xzvf rpmdb3-46469-FIX.tar.gz
	rpm --rebuilddb -vv

Comment 2 Juan Carlos Orrego 2001-08-06 17:35:56 EDT

I have the same problem : memory alloc (1768337276 bytes) returned NULL, when
trying to make any rpm operation (rpm --rebuilddb, kpackage, rpm -qa). i try to
find the newest package (rpm-4.0.3-0.55) and i couldnt. what shoul i do now?
there is anyone fixing Packeges or what?
Thanks

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