dpkg-split segfault

[Steve Garcia <sgarcia@bak.rr.com>]

I have a client who is running Sarge, and we have run into a problem. 
apt-get is unusable -- it retrieves files just fine, but when it goes to 
unpack them, we get a seg fault in dpksg-split.

Will it be sufficient to make a copy of the dpkg-split binary from 
another system?  Is it possible (or likely) that the problem may be with 
a config file or database?

The client office is non-local, and I can't work remotely, so I'd like 
to take whatever seems like the most likely solution with me.

Thanks!

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Steve Garcia
sgarcia@bak.rr.com