apt-get segfaults

[Saisanthosh Balakrishnan]

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 <package_name>
[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 <package_name>
...
(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

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saisanthosh