> dpkg under my self-compiled Linux 2.3.17 seg faults on startup if a > non-dpkg-deb option is given. The problem is avoided if the call to > sysinfo() in main/filesdb.c is bypassed. I can't see what's going > wrong (it's probably something in kernel space clobbering user space, > but the code seems fine and probably hasn't changed in a while).
sysinfo() was broken by people adding fields. I thought I had it all put back right in the last patches I sent Linus. Check the user and kernel opinion of struct sysinfo on your machine match
