Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.1.1 dpkg tends to dump core when LC_LANG is set and (presumably) it cannot find its localized message. For instance: # LANG=fr dpkg -i doesnt_exist Erreur de segmentation. (core dumped) The faulting instruction in is dcgettext, but I didn't build a non stripped binary to find where exactly. Hope this help.. Yves