update-alternatives crashed with SIGSEGV in *__GI_strcoll()

[miked]

Binary package hint: dpkg

root@MainOffice:~# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu maverick (development branch)
Release: 10.10
root@MainOffice:~#
Maverick Meerkat- Alpha 3 ix386.iso install with updates

root@MainOffice:~# apt-cache policy dpkg
dpkg:
  Installed: 1.15.8.4ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.15.8.4ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.15.8.4ubuntu1 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ maverick/main i386 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
N: Ignoring file 'ddebs.list.save' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
N: Ignoring file 'ddebs.list.distUpgrade' in directory '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/' as it has an invalid filename extension
root@MainOffice:~#

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: dpkg 1.15.8.4ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-15.21-generic 2.6.35.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.35-15-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Aug 14 13:15:13 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/update-alternatives
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
ProcCmdline: update-alternatives --remove-all ps2pdf
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x39a1aa <*__GI_strcoll+42>: inc %esp
 PC (0x0039a1aa) ok
 source "%esp" ok
 SP (0xbf986cfc) ok
 Reason could not be automatically determined.
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: dpkg
StacktraceTop:
 *__GI_strcoll (s1=0xbf987938 "remove-all",
 ?? ()
 __libc_start_main (main=0x804b510, argc=3,
 ?? ()
Title: update-alternatives crashed with SIGSEGV in *__GI_strcoll()
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip fax floppy fuse lpadmin netdev plugdev root sambashare tape video

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 *__GI_strcoll (s1=0xbf987938 "remove-all",
 main (argc=3, argv=0xbf987384)

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 615100, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.