On 10 March, 2000, I said: > Today, when doing "apt-get upgrade" on my "Potato" machine, apt-get exited > with the following messages: > > Reading Package Lists... Done > Segmentation faulty Tree... 50% > > The first I have seen before, but the second I have not. All aplications > that > I use regularly seem to be working properly, and I have not noticed any new > or > unusual behavior (aside from the disturbing message) > > Is this something for me to worry about? >
Yes, it prevents apt from working! I can't add any new software or remove any software. Or anything else that apt likes to do. > > What must I do in order to make it go away? > > Need I only be patient as bugs are fixed? > > Thank you in advance for any advice, help, sugestions or disparaging remarks > you may offer. > What causes this? I've read the apt-get (8) manpage, the dpkg (8) manpage and the Apt User's Guide. I've still no idea about this one. Any pointers? -ptw
