Bug#699475: general: Reading package lists... DoneSegmentation faulty tree... 50% and stops

[Steve Cotton <steve@s.cotton.clara.co.uk>]

package apt
unarchive 81829
forcemerge 81829 699475
thanks

On Sat, Feb 02, 2013 at 11:19:44AM +0000, Steve Cotton wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 02:37:24PM -0500, john hartel wrote:
> > try to run apt-get install anything and i get Reading package lists... Done
> > Segmentation faulty tree... 50%
 
> This looks like bug #81829 (which is fixed, but the fix isn't in stable).
> 
> Please try deleting /var/cache/apt/*.bin and then doing an apt-get update.

Hi John,

I'm closing this as a duplicate of a now-fixed bug.  I'm assuming
that the workaround from #81829 worked, please reply if it didn't.

Regards,
Steve