Bug#64485: apt: apt-get hangs on install

[Frank Petzold <fpe@zurich.ibm.com>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.3.18
Severity: important

apt-get hangs when installing some packages, before downloading them. This 
is true on i386 and PPC. It will also hang with the CDROM methods.

-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Kernel Version: Linux sarzano 2.2.14 #1 Mon Feb 21 09:31:49 CET 2000 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6          2.1.3-10       GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10  2.95.2-8       The GNU stdc++ library