#588890 debdelta: crash when generating delta of a big file

Package:
debdelta
Source:
debdelta
Description:
diff and patch utilities which work with Debian packages
Submitter:
Ritesh Raj Sarraf
Date:
2010-07-13 07:09:05 UTC
Severity:
normal
#588890#5
Date:
2010-07-13 07:09:29 UTC
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root@debian-amd64:~# debdelta /var/cache/apt/archives/linux-image-2.6.32-5-amd64-dbg_2.6.32-17_amd64.deb /usr/src/linux-image-2.6.32-5+iwlagn.1-amd64-dbg_2.6.32-17+iwlagn.1_amd64.deb /tmp/linux-image-dbg.debdelta
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
debdelta : Error , non zero return status 35584 for command "bsdiff  4 5 PATCH/2" (non retriable) <class '__main__.DebDeltaError'>Error , non zero return status 35584 for command "bsdiff  4 5 PATCH/2" (non retriable)



This crash is seen when generating the delta for the -dbg kernel package. I did the same for the kernel image package and that was generated without problem.