Re: apt-get Seems To Have Gone South

[Stefan O'Rear <stefanor@cox.net>]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2004 at 06:50:08PM -0700, Scarletdown wrote:
> I need some help here.  Suddenly, I can no longer install anything via 
> apt-get, segfaults out the wazoo.
> 
> Here is the output from my attempt to install the latest k3b...
> 
#SNIP#
> 
> I get similar errors no matter what I try to install.
> 
> How can I fix this?

tar is broken...
Run:

catchsegv tar -cf foo.tar .bashrc

And tell us what you see...

(My best guess: You're running unstable and you accidentally upgraded
something tar depends on but doesn't have a Depends on)