Problems with Debian: xbaseR6, texlib, SIGSEGV

[Joao Pedro PEDROSO <jpp@core.ucl.ac.be>]

I moved recently to a Debian system, and I have the following
problems:

1 - Several packages (like 'mfxyes') require 'xbaseR6' instead of
'xbase'. Should I change the 'Packages' file manually and correct the
dependencies before installation?

2 - There's a problem installing 'texlib':

	# dpkg --configure texlib
	Setting up texlib ...
	/var/lib/dpkg/info/texlib.postinst: choosehyphen: command not found
	dpkg: error processing texlib (--configure):
	 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
	Errors were encountered while processing:
	 texlib

This stops the installation of the rest of the TeX packages. I looked
for a file called 'choosehyphen' in all the TeX packages, but I didn't
find it.

3 - (Is this a debian/g++ problem?) I tried to compile some freely
available numerical analysis software ('lin_alg', from netlib). It
compiled nicely, but when I try to run the test programs there is a
segmentation fault. When I try to debug it with gdb, with a break
point at the very first step, I get:

	Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
	0x62f0136e in end ()

Any idea of the reason, and how to tackle it? (Notice that the program
compiles and runs nicely in a sun4 with SunOS.)

Thanks for any help.

Joao Pedro PEDROSO		Universite Catholique de Louvain
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