>> Each instance of /etc/init.d/inetutils-inetd takes about a >> minute or so before it segfaults. > > That's caused by start-stop-daemon, just wait until dpkg 1.10.22 > is built for hurd-i386. So it's a dpkg problem? dpkg as in the program, no. dpkg as in the package, yes. As the risk of asking a stupid question, why then does everything else configure properly? Because it is a problem in the start-stop-daemon program.