sure john...youre right...i dont think these bug-report are asking for help though.
it seems that deleting the .bin files has helped everybody. i think people are just trying to express that an install cd with dysfunctional apt is quite a showstopper - how is the user supposed to upgrade apt? for now - the user who has installed herd 1 should delete the .bin files. problem solved. -- apt segmentation faults (core dump) in feisty https://launchpad.net/bugs/72475 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs