Bug#984533: libc6: upgrade from 2.28-10 to 2.31-9 breaks system
Package: libc6
Version: 2.28-10
Severity: normal
X-Debbugs-Cc: thahn01@t-online.de
Dear Maintainer,
installed buster, then apt upgrade was also fine,
but the following dist-upgrade put the system in a broken state.
Preparing to unpack .../62-locales_2.31-9_all.deb ...
Unpacking locales (2.31-9) over (2.28-10) ...
Preparing to unpack .../63-openssh-server_1%3a8.4p1-4_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking openssh-server (1:8.4p1-4) over (1:7.9p1-10+deb10u2) ...
Preparing to unpack .../64-libc6_2.31-9_amd64.deb ...
whiptail: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libslang.so.2)
debconf: whiptail output the above errors, giving up!
Checking for services that may need to be restarted...dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-I51xYx/64-libc6_2.31-9_amd64.deb (--unpack):
new libc6:amd64 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 255
Selecting previously unselected package libcrypt1:amd64.
dpkg: considering deconfiguration of libc6:amd64, which would be broken by installation of libcrypt1:amd64 ...
dpkg: yes, will deconfigure libc6:amd64 (broken by libcrypt1:amd64)
Preparing to unpack .../65-libcrypt1_1%3a4.4.17-1_amd64.deb ...
De-configuring libc6:amd64 (2.28-10) ...
Unpacking libcrypt1:amd64 (1:4.4.17-1) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/tmp/apt-dpkg-install-I51xYx/64-libc6_2.31-9_amd64.deb
Error: Timeout was reached
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
APT prefers stable-updates
APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_US:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages libc6 depends on:
ii libgcc-s1 [libgcc1] 10.2.1-6
ii libgcc1 1:8.3.0-6
Versions of packages libc6 recommends:
ii libidn2-0 2.3.0-5
Versions of packages libc6 suggests:
ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.75
pn glibc-doc <none>
ii libc-l10n 2.31-9
iu locales 2.31-9
-- debconf information:
glibc/upgrade: true
glibc/kernel-not-supported:
* libraries/restart-without-asking: true
glibc/restart-services:
glibc/kernel-too-old:
glibc/restart-failed:
glibc/disable-screensaver:
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