seg fault on apt-get -u dist-upgrade

[Mike M <linux-support@earthlink.net>]

Hi,

I had Potato running on a Ultra5.  It's been sitting idle.  Yesterday and 
today I brought it into service as Samba server.  I was reading up on NFS and 
saw that rpc.rquotad did not exist.  I decided to upgrade to Woody to see if 
that would bring in the missing program.

I am new to apt.  I think I screwed up in a big way.  I was reading apt howto 
and tried "apt-get -u update".  It gave an "E" and did not proceed.  So I 
tried "apt-get -u dist-upgrade".  The results are below.  Then I ran the 
command again - on suggestion from googling on error message.   Results are 
also below.  I am cowardly going to reload from scratch now because it 
appears that the machine is in an "in-between" state.

What I learned: Keep the machine updated more frequently. 

Are there any other lessons I should be learning?

Does anyone think the problems could have been repaired by a more skilled 
administrator?

Thanks,
Mike

------ first run of apt-get -u dist-upgrade-----------

Unpacking gcc-2.95 (from .../gcc-2.95_1%3a2.95.4-7_sparc.deb) ...
Preparing to replace gcc 1:2.95.2-13 (using .../gcc_2%3a2.95.4-14_sparc.deb) 
...Removing old gcc doc directory.
Unpacking replacement gcc ...
Preparing to replace cpp 1:2.95.2-13 (using .../cpp_2%3a2.95.4-14_sparc.deb) 
...Unpacking replacement cpp ...
Preparing to replace g++ 1:2.95.2-13 (using .../g++_2%3a2.95.4-14_sparc.deb) 
...Unpacking replacement g++ ...
Selecting previously deselected package g++-2.95.
Unpacking g++-2.95 (from .../g++-2.95_1%3a2.95.4-7_sparc.deb) ...
Preparing to replace libstdc++2.10-dev 1:2.95.2-13 (using 
.../libstdc++2.10-dev_1%3a2.95.4-7_sparc.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libstdc++2.10-dev ...
Preparing to replace libc6-dev 2.1.3-20 (using 
.../libc6-dev_2.2.5-11.2_sparc.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ...
Replacing files in old package netbase ...
Preparing to replace locales 2.1.3-20 (using .../locales_2.2.5-11.2_all.deb) 
...Unpacking replacement locales ...
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg recieved a segmentation fault.
sun1:/#

------ second run of apt-get -u dist-upgrade-----------

sun1:/# apt-get -u dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these.
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
  binutils: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4) but 2.1.3-20 is installed
  cpp-2.95: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4) but 2.1.3-20 is installed
  g++-2.95: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4) but 2.1.3-20 is installed
  gcc-2.95: Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4) but 2.1.3-20 is installed
  libc6-dev: Depends: libc6 (= 2.2.5-11.2) but 2.1.3-20 is installed
  libstdc++2.10-dev: Depends: libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 (>= 1:2.95.4) but it is 
not installed
  locales: Depends: glibc-2.2.5-11.2
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.
-- 
Mike M.