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Bug 46469

Summary:	memory alloc (3475134059 bytes) returned NULL" on some RPM operations
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Dominik Geisel <listing>
Component:	rpm	Assignee:	Jeff Johnson <jbj>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	7.1	CC:	jcorrego
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Hardware:	i686
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://download.babbotec.org/rpmdb.tar.gz
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Last Closed:	2001-06-28 22:22:13 UTC	Type:	---
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Description Dominik Geisel 2001-06-28 22:22:10 UTC

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. 

3. 



Actual Results:





Expected Results:





Additional Information:

Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 2001-06-30 18:17:33 UTC

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 21:35:56 UTC

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