trying to upgrade a clean xubuntu installation to karmic by calling "update-manager", the same crash happens here
trying to call "apt-get -d dist-upgrade" after the crash leads to the same error after some packages have been downloaded
some fix was made in apt for https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/385144
but this fix was not applied to jaunty, seemingly
trying to upgrade a clean xubuntu installation to karmic by calling "update-manager", the same crash happens here
trying to call "apt-get -d dist-upgrade" after the crash leads to the same error after some packages have been downloaded
some fix was made in apt for https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/ubuntu/ +source/ apt/+bug/ 385144
but this fix was not applied to jaunty, seemingly