Bug#177604: apt: apt-cache search segfaults

[Kestutis Kupciunas <kesha@soften.ktu.lt>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: normal


i have occasionally tried searching:

apt-cache search unit++

ant it has segfaulted. thought its something wrong with ++, but
could find any other string which would segfault apt-cache...
maybe there is something wrong with Packages file? I am ready
to provide any additional info

-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Kernel Version: Linux kibiras 2.2.20 #1 Mon May 13 14:56:34 EET 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6          2.3.1-3        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone
ii  libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-12      The GNU stdc++ library