[plug] apt-get segfaulting

[Oliver White]

I'm actualy running Debian 2.1

In any case, I can't find new packages of apt-get, and idea where I might
find them?

Thanks,

Oliver

bk at bofh.ns.ca wrote:

> > Hey, I'm pretty impressed with debian and it's package management
> > utils...
> >
> > but for some reason apt-get is segfaulting while it says 'checking
> > system integrity'. Any ideas on how to diagnose the problem?
>
> Using debian 2.2 by chance? try apt-0.3, it may solve your problem. I
> think the problem lies with libstdc++. When I had debian 2.2 (reinstalled
> with 2.1 due to my other systems), I had to recompile apt/apt-get to get
> it to work. If you want to recompile it, make sure you get the source
> package of apt and just use apt-get from it. But just upgrading to 0.3 may
> help. I'm not sure if 0.3 is in the package list  but back then I had to
> download it from a specific URL which I have forgotten. If ou have any
> debian related problems, visit irc.debian.org (openprojects) on #debian,
> they're sometimes helpful, unlike #linux* on efnet.
>
> -David.