apt-get segfaults!!

[Thomas Lange]

    > We haven't been able to find the cause of the bug but we think
    > it's an apt bug when it's given many packages for an install
    > run.

    > Selecting previously deselected package lam-runtime.
    > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg recieved a segmentation fault.

No it's dpkg which segfaults. It's a known problem also for potato (I
send a bug report to wichert). Try to change the list of packages to install.
I can produce this error if I add the class DEBIAN_DEVEL and it
dissapears without those software packages. But it's not a problem of
a certain package. The list of packages produces the error.

Maybe we should try 
echo $packlist | xargs chroot ... apt-get install ???
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            Thomas Lange
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