OK, so now a new update-menus has installed and my machine isn't suffering segfaults every time it runs it...
I've got a copy of the old update-menus and it still segfaults; here is an strace of it: execve("./update-menus", ["./update-menus"], [/* 41 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="ysolde", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x68520 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=32840, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 32840, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4001d000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1a\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0(\0\1\0\0\0$a\1\0004"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=256336, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40015000 old_mmap(NULL, 297452, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40026000 mprotect(0x40063000, 47596, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x40066000, 28672, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x38000) = 0x40066000 old_mmap(0x4006d000, 6636, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4006d000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1a\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0(\0\1\0\0\0\2644\0\000"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=465492, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 496736, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x4006f000 mprotect(0x400e1000, 29792, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x400e7000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x70000) = 0x400e7000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1a\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0(\0\1\0\0\0\350[\1\000"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1159708, ...}) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 1196844, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x400e9000 old_mmap(0x40201000, 40960, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x110000) = 0x40201000 old_mmap(0x4020b000, 9004, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x4020b000 close(3) = 0 --- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) @ 0 (0) --- +++ killed by SIGSEGV +++ J. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]