[arch-general] pacman segfault problem

[b1]

On Sat, 2010-07-31 at 01:50 +0200, Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote:
> On 30.07.2010 22:27, b1 wrote:
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Any help is greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Benedikt
> >
> >
> 
> Use the Arch install medium and its working pacman and set the install
> dir to your system. Assume your pacman database is corrupt as well so
> discard it. Reinstall at least base and base-devel into your mounted
> system from the live medium and copy the resulting db. This will only
> make pacman recognize packages contained in base and base-devel when
> you're booting back into your system but at least pacman will be working
> again.
> 
> -- Sven-Hendrik

Hello Sven

Thanks for your reply. I did what you suggested. I bootet the Arch linux
live cd, removed the old databse, installed base and base-devel, copied
the resulting db and rebooting. After readding users, adapting rc.conf
and another reboot, I was able to log in. 
Now pacman -Syu works without errors (However has nothing to update at
the moment, so I cant really tell).

However I also saved a complete list of packages before doing the
live-cd thing, in order to restore them now. Unfortunatelly I once again
ran into the problem. Many packages work just fine, however a

pacman -S pulseaudio 

segfaults again, with the already known error message. Therefore I
assumed it had something to do with my package cache. I did a 

pacman -Scc

However no success. Still getting the segfault. Is there any other place
pacman keeps information about packages like pulseaudio? Any ideas what
I could do?

Anyone having any idea, what the problem might be? Again every hint is
very appreciated.

Thanks 

Benedikt