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dpkg segfaults



Whenever I try to install or configure a package with dpkg it segfaults. This includes when it is launched from apt-get. The place where it crashes is not predictable.
 
razor:~# apt-get install perl --reinstall
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0  not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/1171kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg received a segmentation fault.
razor:~# apt-get install perl --reinstall
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 0  not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/1171kB of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] Y
(Reading database .. 19772 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace perl 5.6.1-8.3 (using .../perl_5.6.1-8.3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement perl ..
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg received a segmentation fault.
notice it segfaults in different locations both times
I have run memtest86 and no errors were found   
I am running debian stable.
 

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