dpkg-query crashed with SIGSEGV in findpackage()

[John Coffey]

Binary package hint: dpkg

the crash was reported as an item not installed !

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: dpkg 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.39-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 31 15:50:21 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/dpkg-query
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100816.1)
ProcCmdline: dpkg-query --listfiles -- apport
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0x804d7fc: mov 0x4(%esi),%eax
 PC (0x0804d7fc) ok
 source "0x4(%esi)" (0x00000008) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%eax" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: dpkg
StacktraceTop:
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Title: dpkg-query crashed with SIGSEGV
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:
 findpackage (inname=0x950da98 "ppp")
 f_dependency (pigp=0xbf88d604, pifp=0xbf88d634,
 parsedb (filename=0x950baa0 "/var/lib/dpkg/status",
 modstatdb_init (adir=0x805aa82 "/var/lib/dpkg",
 enqperpackage (argv=0xbf88d9f0) at ../../src/query.c:296

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[dino99 (9d9)]

That version is no more supported