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Problem unravaling mixed system



I have been using a Debian unstable/testing mixed system whithc has
turned out to be a bad idea.  I have got to the stage where I cant
opt-get anything.  I keep on getting

   dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe)

I am trying to go back to testing, any help would be greatly apreciated
(and that's putting it mildly).

Below is what happens when I try to uninstall evolution:

Ben

red:/home/ben/backup# apt-get -f -t unstable remove evolution
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  doc-linux-text
Suggested packages:
  doc-linux-html
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  evolution
The following packages will be upgraded
  doc-linux-text
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 114 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B/8545kB of archives.
After unpacking 28.9MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
Selecting previously deselected package doc-linux-text.
(Reading database ... 60223 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace doc-linux-text 2003.09-1 (using
.../doc-linux-text_2003.10-1_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement doc-linux-text ...
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg received a segmentation fault.
red:/home/ben/backup# dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal
(Broken pipe)
 

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