Re: Bug#46131: Seg fault with apt-get

["Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net>]

On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> 
> > When I attempt to use apt-get to install or update it gives me:
> > 
> > jcr2:/home/jcr# apt-get install gimp-nonfree
> > Segmentation faultsts... 0%
> > jcr2:/home/jcr# apt-get update
> > Segmentation fault
> 
> Erm, looks like you busted you shared libraries or something, don't think
> it is an APT bug.

I fixed the apt "Segmentation fault" problem by reinstalling libc6
2.0.7.19981211-6 package and the APT  package. 

(This also fixes the problem with dselect not being able to update
packages if using apt.)

Thanks

Jeremy Reed