Bug#309486: libc6 upgrade failed leaving system unusable
On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 01:09:16AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.2.ds1-22
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
>
> I don't know whether this is a libc6 bug or a dpkg bug. During
> a routine update from unstable (of a few weeks ago) to current
> unstable, I started getting segfaults during a libc6 upgrade.
>
> After that, every command segfaulted, including init, meaning
> the system wouldn't boot. I used a rescue CD to unpack the .deb
> and replace the files in /lib. Then it worked.
>
> The disk wasn't full (6Gb available).
What kind of system is this? Am I reading you right to say that you
unpacked the same -22 debs and then things worked again?
If you dare, could you try to reproduce the problem?
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Daniel Jacobowitz
CodeSourcery, LLC
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