On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Brian May wrote: > Possibly something is currupt on this root directory, but I don't > know what (everything looks OK to me), and even if that is the > case, apt-get should not segfault.
Well, you corrupted it's cache file, which it mmap's, and directly manipulates in evil ways. The only way that happens has been due to faulty kernels, bad hardware, reboots in the middle of disk IO.. that kind of fun stuff. Though I think 0.5.0 had a small glitch which could possibly cause this in more mundane situations. rm /var/cache/apt/*.bin If that does not work I need a tar of /etc/apt /var/lib/apt/* and /var/lib/dpkg/status Jason
