Forgive me if this is a duplicate; encountered during a distribution upgrade (update-manager -d) from 11.04 (Natty) to 11.10 (alpha 2) which did *not* complete successfully.
ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: dpkg 1.16.0.3ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-3.4-virtual 3.0.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.0-3-virtual x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jul 8 21:46:48 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/dpkg
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/dpkg --force-overwrite --status-fd 54 --configure gir1.2-freedesktop libglib2.0-data libglib2.0-bin libglib2.0-dev libsepol1-dev libselinux1-dev dconf-gsettings-backend libgtk-3-common libcairo-gobject2 libgtk-3-0 libgtop2-common libgtop2-7 libgucharmap-2-90-7 libgnome-keyring0 gsettings-desktop-schemas glib-networking libsoup2.4-1 libsoup-gnome2.4-1 psmisc dbus-x11 gconf2 libgweather-common libgweather-3-0 libpanel-applet-4-0 libpolkit-gobject-1-0 libx11-xcb1 libxcb-util0 libstartup-notification0 libwnck-3-common libwnck-3-0 python2.6-minimal libncursesw5 python2.6 gnome-applets-data libdconf0 libedataserver1.2-14 libecal1.2-9 libcamel-1.2-26 libebook1.2-11 evolution-data-server-common libedataserverui-3.0-0 gnome-desktop3-data libgnome-desktop-3-2 libgnome-menu2 x11-common libice6 librsvg2-2 libsm6 libtelepathy-glib0 libgtk-3-bin librsvg2-common gnome-icon-theme gnome-icon-theme-symbolic gnome-panel-data python-gtk2 python-gmenu gnome-menus gnome-panel libgudev-1.0-0 libparted0debian1 libsgutils2-2 udisks libgdu0 libxcb-shape0 libxt6 libxmu6 libxmuu1 libxxf86vm1 x11-utils gvfs gir1.2-atk-1.0 gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 gir1.2-pango-1.0 gir1.2-gtk-2.0 gir1.2-gconf-2.0 gir1.2-gtk-3.0 gir1.2-panelapplet-4.0 gnome-applets libdbusmenu-glib4 libdbusmenu-gtk3-4 libindicator3-6 libappindicator3-1 libltdl7 sound-theme-freedesktop libcanberra0 libcanberra-gtk3-0 xkb-data x11-xkb-utils libxklavier16 libgnomekbd-common iso-codes libgnomekbd7 libasyncns0 libogg0 libsndfile1 libpulse0 libpulse-mainloop-glib0 nautilus-data gnome-settings-daemon mousetweaks gnome-utils-common baobab openssl ca-certificates checkbox checkbox-gtk libcupscgi1 libcupsdriver1 libcupsimage2 libcupsmime1 libcupsppdc1 libpaper1 libpoppler13 poppler-utils cups-common cups-client ttf-freefont cups-ppdc cups perl perl-modules update-inetd cups-bsd libuuid-perl libyaml-tiny-perl doc-base libexif12 liblaunchpad-integration-common liblaunchpad-integration-3.0-1 libpeas-common libpeas-1.0-0 eog libdjvulibre-text libdjvulibre21 libgail-3-0 libpoppler-glib6 libevince3-3 libnautilus-extension1 evince-common evince zip p7zip-full file-roller gcalctool libgtksourceview-3.0-common libgtksourceview-3.0-0 gedit-common gir1.2-peas-1.0 gedit libgnome-control-center1 libnm-util2 libnm-glib4 libupower-glib1 gnome-control-center-data desktop-file-utils python-support python-dbus libpolkit-agent-1-0 libpolkit-backend-1-0 libck-connector0 consolekit policykit-1 hostname-system-service gnome-control-center libgstreamer0.10-0 libgnome-media-profiles-3.0-0 libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 gstreamer0.10-alsa liborc-0.4-0 gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gnome-media libgeoip1 libisc62 libdns69 libisccc60 libisccfg62 libbind9-60 liblwres60 bind9-host dnsutils iputils-ping iputils-tracepath libidn11 whois gnome-nettool libdlrestrictions1 libqtcore4 libqt4-xml libqt4-dbus libqt4-network libkdecore5 libaudio2 libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-xmlpatterns libqt4-declarative libqtgui4 libdbusmenu-qt2 libqt4-svg libkdeui5 libkcmutils4 libiodbc2 libcurl3-gnutls libxslt1.1 libraptor1 libyajl1 libraptor2-0 librasqal3 librdf0 soprano-daemon libsoprano4 libnepomuk4 libsolid4 libkio5 libnepomukquery4a libnepomukutils4 libkparts4 libkdewebkit5 libkunitconversion4 libkdnssd4 libknewstuff3-4 libphonon4 libqca2 libqt4-opengl libthreadweaver4 libplasma3 libkworkspace4 libkephal4abi1 libkholidays4 libplasmaclock4abi1 libutempter0 libkpty4 xauth libkdesu5 libkemoticons4 libkfile4 libkjsapi4 libktexteditor4 libkhtml5 libkidletime4 libkmediaplayer4 libknotifyconfig4 libnl1 ntrack-module-libnl-0 libntrack0 libntrack-qt4-1 libcap2 libwbclient0 libsmbclient libssh-4 phonon-backend-gstreamer libmodplug1 libv4l-0 libxine1-bin libxine1-misc-plugins tsconf libts-0.0-0 libdirectfb-1.2-9 libsdl1.2debian-pulseaudio libsdl1.2debian libxcb-xv0 libxine1-x libcaca0 libxine1-console libxine1 phonon-backend-xine phonon kdebase-runtime-data libqt4-designer libqt4-qt3support libkde3support4 libkjsembed4 libkntlm4 libkrosscore4 libpolkit-qt-1-1 kdelibs5-data libxml2-utils kdoctools kdelibs-bin kdelibs5-plugins oxygen-icon-theme shared
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=en_US:en
SegvAnalysis:
Segfault happened at: 0x409c9f: movl $0x0,0x4(%rax)
PC (0x00409c9f) ok
source "$0x0" ok
destination "0x4(%rax)" (0x00000004) not located in a known VMA region (needed writable region)!
SegvReason: writing NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: dpkg
StacktraceTop:
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Title: dpkg crashed with SIGSEGV
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-07-09 (0 days ago)
UserGroups:
Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #733414, so 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.