With the workaround applied, I did 'apt-get update' and then 'apt-get dist-upgrade', and in the list of updates was a kernel update. The installation flashed the kernel, and after rebooting the DNS-323 after the update finished, I undid the apt workaround and reinstalled apt using 'apt-get install --reinstall apt' (because I was testing to see if the execution reached the 'int main()' function by modifying the code to make one of the programs in the '/usr/lib/apt/methods' directory print every line number). Now, aptitude seems to work in its full glory again.
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