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Re: apt-get Seems To Have Gone South



On Thursday 26 August 2004 19:25, Stefan O'Rear wrote:
> 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...

I saw nothing at all.

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

Yes, I am running unstable.  I can't remember what the last thing I was 
that I upgraded though.



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