Bug#196071: apt-get upgrade results in a segmentation fault

[Davide Frey <frey@elet.polimi.it>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.5.1
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

apt-get upgrade
or 
apt-get install anything 
invariably results in a segfault

-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux lap-frey 2.4.20 #1 Thu May 22 11:27:19 CEST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                        2.3.1-17    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libgcc1                      1:3.3-0pre9 GCC support library
ii  libstdc++5                   1:3.3-0pre9 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

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