apt-check crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg()

[bluebart]

Binary package hint: update-notifier

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ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: update-notifier 0.71.6
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: update-notifier
StacktraceTop:
 pkgCache::FindPkg ()
 pkgCacheGenerator::NewPackage ()
 pkgCacheGenerator::ListParser::NewProvides ()
 debListParser::ParseProvides ()
 debListParser::NewVersion ()
Title: apt-check crashed with SIGSEGV in pkgCache::FindPkg()
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:pkgCache::FindPkg (this=0xbf891fc4, Name=@0xbf8913bc) at pkgcache.cc:188
pkgCacheGenerator::NewPackage (this=0xbf891f58, Pkg=@0xbf891360, Name=@0xbf8913bc)
pkgCacheGenerator::ListParser::NewProvides (this=0xbf891578, Ver=
debListParser::ParseProvides (this=0xbf891578, Ver={Ver = 0xb6f366b0, Owner = 0xbf891fc4})
debListParser::NewVersion (this=0xbf891578, Ver={Ver = 0xb6f366b0, Owner = 0xbf891fc4})

[Sebastien Bacher (seb128)]

the crash is similar to bug #119707, does the workaround suggested there work for you too?

[bluebart (bluebart)]

yes. thanks.
i didnt get any apt-check craches up to date. i havent got time to check if this problem is on final 8.10 (no time to install final version) but i will do it in a few days.

regards