I got it. I retraced my exact steps on the previous install. These steps were: Install Sidux 2007-02, upgrade to latest Sid, purge ALL Sidux packages, upgrade to experimental. There should be no trace of Sidux left on this system, so that shouldn't be the problem.
r...@gx260:/home/dmr# strace update-menus execve("/usr/bin/update-menus", ["update-menus"], [/* 27 vars */]) = 0 brk(0) = 0x9168000 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) mmap2(NULL, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f3e000 access("/etc/ld.so.preload", R_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=44216, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 44216, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f33000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0pA\4\0004\0\0\0\240"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=946216, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 973004, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e45000 mmap2(0xb7f28000, 20480, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xe2) = 0xb7f28000 mmap2(0xb7f2d000, 22732, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f2d000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/i686/cmov/libm.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177elf\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\...@4\0\0004\0\0\0p"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=149328, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 151680, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e1f000 mmap2(0xb7e43000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x23) = 0xb7e43000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/libgcc_s.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\220\34\0\0004\0\0\0\254"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=50916, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e1e000 mmap2(NULL, 49928, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7e11000 mmap2(0xb7e1d000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0xc) = 0xb7e1d000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\320h\1\0004\0\0\0@"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0755, st_size=1434496, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1439312, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7cb1000 mmap2(0xb7e0b000, 12288, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x15a) = 0xb7e0b000 mmap2(0xb7e0e000, 9808, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7e0e000 close(3) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7cb0000 set_thread_area({entry_number:-1 -> 6, base_addr:0xb7cb06d0, limit:1048575, seg_32bit:1, contents:0, read_exec_only:0, limit_in_pages:1, seg_not_present:0, useable:1}) = 0 mprotect(0xb7e0b000, 4096, PROT_READ) = 0 mprotect(0xb7f28000, 12288, PROT_READ) = 0 munmap(0xb7f33000, 44216) = 0 getuid32() = 0 getuid32() = 0 brk(0) = 0x9168000 brk(0x9189000) = 0x9189000 socket(PF_FILE, 0x80801 /* SOCK_??? */, 0) = 3 connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/nscd/socket"...}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) close(3) = 0 socket(PF_FILE, 0x80801 /* SOCK_??? */, 0) = 3 connect(3, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/nscd/socket"...}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) close(3) = 0 open("/etc/nsswitch.conf", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=475, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7f3d000 read(3, "# /etc/nsswitch.conf\n#\n# Example "..., 4096) = 475 read(3, ""..., 4096) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0xb7f3d000, 4096) = 0 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=44216, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 44216, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f33000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/i686/cmov/libnss_compat.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\20\16\0\0004\0\0\0\204"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=30436, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 33356, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7ca7000 mmap2(0xb7cae000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x6) = 0xb7cae000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/i686/cmov/libnsl.so.1", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0p1\0\0004\0\0\0\234"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=87804, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 100328, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7c8e000 mmap2(0xb7ca3000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x14) = 0xb7ca3000 mmap2(0xb7ca5000, 6120, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb7ca5000 close(3) = 0 munmap(0xb7f33000, 44216) = 0 open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=44216, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 44216, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7f33000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/i686/cmov/libnss_nis.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177elf\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\...@\31\0\0004\0\0\0\314"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=38444, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 41532, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7c83000 mmap2(0xb7c8c000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x8) = 0xb7c8c000 close(3) = 0 access("/etc/ld.so.nohwcap", F_OK) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/lib/i686/cmov/libnss_files.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\0\31\0\0004\0\0\0\250"..., 512) = 512 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=42504, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 45720, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0) = 0xb7c77000 mmap2(0xb7c81000, 8192, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_DENYWRITE, 3, 0x9) = 0xb7c81000 close(3) = 0 munmap(0xb7f33000, 44216) = 0 open("/etc/passwd", O_RDONLY|O_CLOEXEC) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_GETFD) = 0x1 (flags FD_CLOEXEC) _llseek(3, 0, [0], SEEK_CUR) = 0 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=1096, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 1096, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, 3, 0) = 0xb7f3d000 _llseek(3, 1096, [1096], SEEK_SET) = 0 munmap(0xb7f3d000, 1096) = 0 close(3) = 0 open("/usr/lib/locale/locale-archive", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 fstat64(3, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=18763024, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 2097152, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0xb7a77000 mmap2(NULL, 958464, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0x3ad) = 0xb798d000 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0x585) = 0xb798c000 close(3) = 0 open("/etc/menu-methods/menu.config", O_RDONLY|O_LARGEFILE) = 3 read(3, "verbosity=quiet\nmethod=stderr\n\n"..., 8191) = 31 close(3) = 0 open("/var/lib/dpkg/lock", O_RDWR|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0660) = 3 fcntl64(3, F_GETLK, {type=F_UNLCK, whence=SEEK_SET, start=0, len=0, pid=117835012}) = 0 close(3) = 0 open("/var/run/update-menus.pid", O_WRONLY|O_CREAT, 0644) = 3 flock(3, LOCK_EX|LOCK_NB) = 0 getpid() = 14633 write(3, "14633\n"..., 6) = 6 open("/usr/share/locale/locale.alias", O_RDONLY) = 4 fstat64(4, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=2570, ...}) = 0 mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0xb798b000 read(4, "# Locale name alias data base.\n# "..., 4096) = 2570 read(4, ""..., 4096) = 0 close(4) = 0 munmap(0xb798b000, 4096) = 0 open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/menu.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en_US.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/menu.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en_US/LC_MESSAGES/menu.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/menu.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en.utf8/LC_MESSAGES/menu.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/menu.mo", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) write(2, "Unknown error, message=exec /bin/"..., 269Unknown error, message=exec /bin/bash -o pipefail -c 'dpkg-query --show --showformat="\${status} \${provides} \${package}\n" | sed -n -e "/installed\|triggers-awaited\|triggers-pending /{s/^.*\(installed\|triggers-awaited\|triggers-pending\) *//; s/[, ][, ]*/\n/g; p}"') = 269 write(2, "\n"..., 1 ) = 1 unlink("/var/run/update-menus.pid") = 0 exit_group(0) = ? -- Daniel Moerner <dmoer...@gmail.com> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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