On Tue, Dec 05, 2006 at 06:01:51PM -0500, José Alburquerque wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >what version of apt-get? > > > >check out bug 401263. > > > >Interestingly, though the bug says it applies to 0.6.46.2, I am > >running that with no problems. (k7 arch). but there are a variety of > >possible solutions posted. > > > >you may have to use dpkg to manually install an older(or newer) apt until > >it > >gets resolved. > > > >hth > > > >A > > > Thanks so much for your guidance! I'm running version 0.6.46.3 of apt, > but thanks to your pointing out of the bug report I was able to fix the > segfaulting by following the temporary solution given in the bug > report. I'll most probably contribute to the bug report. >
check out the package apt-listbugs. It puls down critical (and maybe severe) bug reports and prompts you before installing packages. That's how I saw the segfault bug in apt and held my apt and apt-utils at the current version pending resolution. A >
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