debconf-copydb crashed with SIGSEGV in free()

[Mário Pereira Martins]

Binary package hint: debconf

Problems during installation
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
The installation crashed.

The hardware is an asus pundit>

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:02.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306 Fire II IEEE 1394 OHCI Link Layer Controller (rev c0)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 01)
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 22
model name : Intel(R) Celeron(R) D CPU 420 @ 1.60GHz
stepping : 1
cpu MHz : 1599.994
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 10
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss tm pbe lm constant_tsc up arch_perfmon pebs bts pni monitor ds_cpl tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr lahf_lm
bogomips : 3199.98
clflush size : 64
power management:

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/debconf-copydb
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/perl
Package: debconf 1.5.23ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/bin/debconf-copydb templatedb pipe --config=Name:pipe --config=Driver:Pipe --config=InFd:none --pattern=^(ubiquity|partman/text/undo_everything|partman/text/unusable|partman-basicfilesystems/bad_mountpoint|partman-basicfilesystems/text/specify_mountpoint|partman-basicmethods/text/format|partman-newworld/no_newworld|partman-partitioning|partman-target/no_User Name|partman-target/text/method|grub-installer/bootdev|popularity-contest/participate)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=/usr/lib/ubiquity/compat:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
 LANG=
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: debconf
StacktraceTop:
 ?? () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 free () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
 Perl_sv_clear ()
 Perl_sv_free2 ()
 Perl_hv_free_ent ()
Title: debconf-copydb crashed with SIGSEGV in free()
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-7-generic i686
UserGroups:

[Apport retracing service (apport)]

StacktraceTop:_int_free () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
free () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
Perl_sv_free ()
Perl_sv_kill_backrefs ()
?? ()

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