Bug 46469 - memory alloc (3475134059 bytes) returned NULL" on some RPM operations
Summary: memory alloc (3475134059 bytes) returned NULL" on some RPM operations
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jeff Johnson
QA Contact: David Lawrence
URL: http://download.babbotec.org/rpmdb.ta...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-06-28 22:22 UTC by Dominik Geisel
Modified: 2005-10-31 22:00 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2001-06-28 22:22:13 UTC
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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

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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
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