Bug#187889: apt_preferences: the '/etc/apt/preferences' file doesn't work with lot of #-prefixed lines : segfault

[Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org>]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 10:02:50PM +0100, David Kremer <david.kremer.dk@gmail.com> was heard to say:
> With the 'etc/apt/preference' file attached (with the name
> preferences.save), call 'aptitude update' causes a segfault,
> despite of the file seems valid.

  Can you tell me if installing the version of aptitude found in
experimental fixes this problem?

    Thanks,
  Daniel