Segmentation Fault on shared-mime-info during apt-get install -f

dietrich@dtschmitz:~$ sudo lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS
Release: 10.04

Segfaulting Executable: dkpg
Executable Version:
dietrich@dtschmitz:~$ sudo apt-cache policy dpkg
dpkg:
  Installed: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.5
  Candidate: 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.5
  Version table:
 *** 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.5 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-updates/main Packages
        500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid-security/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     1.15.5.6ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
dietrich@dtschmitz:~$

command: sudo apt-get install -f
relevant strace trace.log output:
read(21, "Segmentation fault\r\ndpkg: error "..., 1024) = 1024
write(1, "Segmentation fault\r\ndpkg: error "..., 1024) = 1024
read(19, "status: shared-mime-info : error"..., 1024) = 505

For some unknown reason, there was a dependency error, so I tried to fix with the -f switch.
Segmentation Fault resulted.

Thank You!
Dietrich T. Schmitz

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: dpkg 1.15.5.6ubuntu4.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-38.83-generic-pae 2.6.32.52+drm33.21
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-38-generic-pae i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 10 16:34:54 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100427)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: dpkg