OK, still happens with updated TW 20160520, and so here is the full bt: Reading symbols from /usr/lib/packagekitd...Reading symbols from /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/packagekitd.debug...done. done. [New LWP 2141] [New LWP 1427] [New LWP 1433] [New LWP 1432] [New LWP 2089] [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib64/libthread_db.so.1". Core was generated by `/usr/lib/packagekitd'. Program terminated with signal SIGABRT, Aborted. #0 0x00007f983ca82908 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:54 54 ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c: No such file or directory. [Current thread is 1 (Thread 0x7f9825d65700 (LWP 2141))] (gdb) bt #0 0x00007f983ca82908 in __GI_raise (sig=sig@entry=6) at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/raise.c:54 #1 0x00007f983ca83d5a in __GI_abort () at abort.c:78 #2 0x00007f983ca7b667 in __assert_fail_base (fmt=<optimized out>, assertion=assertion@entry=0x7f983953b0cc "px != 0", file=file@entry=0x7f983953b7d0 "/usr/include/boost/smart_ptr/intrusive_ptr.hpp", line=line@entry=174, function=function@entry=0x7f983953c760 <boost::intrusive_ptr<zypp::ResObject>::operator->() const::__PRETTY_FUNCTION__> "T* boost::intrusive_ptr<T>::operator->() const [with T = zypp::ResObject]") at assert.c:92 #3 0x00007f983ca7b712 in __GI___assert_fail (assertion=assertion@entry=0x7f983953b0cc "px != 0", file=file@entry=0x7f983953b7d0 "/usr/include/boost/smart_ptr/intrusive_ptr.hpp", line=line@entry=174, function=function@entry=0x7f983953c760 <boost::intrusive_ptr<zypp::ResObject>::operator->() const::__PRETTY_FUNCTION__> "T* boost::intrusive_ptr<T>::operator->() const [with T = zypp::ResObject]") at assert.c:101 #4 0x00007f983952d5c9 in boost::intrusive_ptr<zypp::ResObject>::operator-> (this=0x7f9825d64c50) at /usr/include/boost/smart_ptr/intrusive_ptr.hpp:174 #5 backend_get_update_detail_thread (job=0x55b2b20ae4d0, params=<optimized out>, user_data=<optimized out>) at pk-backend-zypp.cpp:2454 #6 0x000055b2afc5d38a in pk_backend_job_thread_setup (thread_data=0x55b2b20f81f0) at pk-backend-job.c:813 #7 0x00007f983d30b165 in g_thread_proxy (data=0x55b2b20fa400) at gthread.c:780 #8 0x00007f983cdf7454 in start_thread (arg=0x7f9825d65700) at pthread_create.c:333 #9 0x00007f983cb363fd in clone () at ../sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/x86_64/clone.S:109