apt-get segfaults
apt-get seg faults when I try to install a debian package. The version
of apt I am running is 0.3.18.
Any idea as to what the problem is ?
# apt-get -v
apt 0.3.18 for i386 compiled on Feb 13 2000 01:58:55
# strace apt-get install
[snip]
gettimeofday({961307348, 8428}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({961307348, 11275}, NULL) = 0
) = 34ng Dependency Tree... DoneTree... Don"..., 34
write(1, "\n", 1
) = 1
brk(0x8078000) = 0x8078000
brk(0x807e000) = 0x807e000
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
# gdb apt-get
(gdb) r install
...
(gdb) bt
#0 0x4007bd46 in pkgProblemResolver::MakeScores ()
from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.2.7
#1 0x4007c6fc in pkgProblemResolver::Resolve ()
from /usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.2.7
#2 0x8055ead in strcpy ()
#3 0x4004b01a in CommandLine::DispatchArg () from
/usr/lib/libapt-pkg.so.2.7
#4 0x805ef92 in strcpy ()
#5 0x4013fa42 in __libc_start_main () from /lib/libc.so.6
--
saisanthosh
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