Thank you for the suggestion but the problem still exists.
Here is the output
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de...@gontran:/var/cache/apt$ sudo rm pkgcache.bin
de...@gontran:/var/cache/apt$ ls -ails
total 12
160066 4 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-03-02 18:13 .
160006 4 drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4096 2009-02-26 06:27 ..
160073 4 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2009-03-02 17:52 archives
de...@gontran:/var/cache/apt$ sudo aptitude update
Get:1 http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release.gpg [189B]
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates Release
Get:2 http://ftp.uk.debian.org etch Release.gpg [386B]
Hit http://ftp.uk.debian.org etch Release
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources/DiffIndex
Ign http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Packages
Ign http://ftp.uk.debian.org etch/main Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Packages
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/main Sources
Hit http://security.debian.org etch/updates/contrib Sources
Ign http://ftp.uk.debian.org etch/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://ftp.uk.debian.org etch/main Packages
Hit http://ftp.uk.debian.org etch/contrib Packages
Get:3 http://http.us.debian.org stable Release.gpg [386B]
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable Release
Ign http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Packages/DiffIndex
Ign http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Packages/DiffIndex
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/main Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/contrib Packages
Hit http://http.us.debian.org stable/non-free Packages
Fetched 3B in 3s (1B/s)
Segmentation faultsts... 90%
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I am not sure what is the next step. Any other way out of this?
Thank you
Jacques
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