Bug#327784: ldconfig exits with Illegal instruction

["Chris Purves" <purves@ualberta.net>]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:46:16 +0800, Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 03:36:41PM +0800, Chris Purves wrote:
> > Package: libc6
> > Version: 2.3.5-6
> >
> > A recent upgrade with aptitude on testing exited halfway through with the
> > following error:
> >
> > Preconfiguring packages ...
> > Setting up libpam0g (0.76-23) ...
> > /var/lib/dpkg/info/libpam0g.postinst: line 3: 31771 Illegal instruction
> > ldconfig
> > dpkg: error processing libpam0g (--configure):
> >  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 132
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> >  libpam0g
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> >
> > Attempting to run ldconfig yields the following output:
> >
> > dmcnet:~# ldconfig
> > Illegal instruction
> >
> > I am using kernel 2.2.20
>
> This is why it's nice to use reportbug... what platform is this?  i386?

I don't have reportbug installed and can't install using apt.  I hadn't considered trying to download and install using dpkg.  That would have been a good idea.

uname -a reports i686

processor is Pentium III


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Good day, eh.
Chris