Re: Bug#37602: apt: Segfault at the end of apt-get

[Joost Kooij <joost@pc47.mpn.cp.philips.com>]

Hi,

On Wed, 19 May 1999, Joey Hess wrote:

> Joost Kooij wrote:
> > Technically, I wholeheartedly agree with you in the above matter.  The
> > problem _at_hand_ is that a lot of people are seeing a "segmentation
> > fault" message.  The /primary/ causes are the buggy scripts in
> > /etc/menu-methods and these should be fixed first.  
> 
> No, the primary cause is a bug in the program used to interpret these
> scripts. Fix the program and the problems will go away. Modifying the
> scripts is just a workaround. Debian doesn't go in for quick fixes, we do
> things right.

Fixing the scripts is more than a quick fix too.  AFAIK menu has changed
its interface and the scripts should have been fixed a long time ago, ask
the menu maintainer (he'll probably just love to see this rehashed again.)

Cheers,


Joost