Bug#454266: upgrade to 2.7 fails, leaving system unusable

To: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
Cc: Pierre Habouzit <madcoder@debian.org>, 454266@bugs.debian.org, peter green <plugwash@p10link.net>, Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org>
Subject: Bug#454266: upgrade to 2.7 fails, leaving system unusable
From: Marcus Better <marcus@better.se>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 09:24:27 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 200712050924.27367.marcus@better.se>
Reply-to: Marcus Better <marcus@better.se>, 454266@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 47558D86.4070902@aurel32.net>
References: <[🔎] 47552728.5090805@better.se> <[🔎] 200712041638.02684.marcus@better.se> <[🔎] 47558D86.4070902@aurel32.net>

Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> The file comes from libc6-i686 version 2.6.1-1. According to the symlink
> it has been installed on 2007-08-21 (ie the date it migrates to
> testing).

In fact this system was installed on that day.

> Could you please look to /var/log/dpkg.log.* if you see a 
> mention of libc6-i686 around this date?

~$ zcat /var/log/dpkg.log.2.gz | grep libc6
2007-08-21 13:36:53 install libc6 <none> 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:36:53 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:36:54 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:36:54 status installed libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:00 upgrade libc6 2.6.1-1 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:00 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:00 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:00 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:00 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:00 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:00 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:02 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:02 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:02 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:02 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:02 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:02 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:02 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:37:03 status installed libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:09 install libc6 <none> 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:09 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:09 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:10 status installed libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:20 upgrade libc6 2.6.1-1 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:20 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:20 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:20 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:25 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:25 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:25 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:25 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:25 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:25 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:25 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 13:42:25 status installed libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 15:24:13 install libc6-dev <ingen> 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 15:24:13 status half-installed libc6-dev 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 15:24:13 status unpacked libc6-dev 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 15:24:13 status unpacked libc6-dev 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 15:25:17 status unpacked libc6-dev 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 15:25:18 status half-configured libc6-dev 2.6.1-1
2007-08-21 15:25:18 status installed libc6-dev 2.6.1-1
2007-08-27 08:40:16 upgrade libc6-dev 2.6.1-1 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:40:16 status half-configured libc6-dev 2.6.1-1
2007-08-27 08:40:16 status unpacked libc6-dev 2.6.1-1
2007-08-27 08:40:16 status half-installed libc6-dev 2.6.1-1
2007-08-27 08:40:17 status half-installed libc6-dev 2.6.1-1
2007-08-27 08:40:18 status unpacked libc6-dev 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:40:18 status unpacked libc6-dev 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:40:18 upgrade libc6 2.6.1-1 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:40:18 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-27 08:40:18 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-27 08:40:18 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-27 08:40:19 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1
2007-08-27 08:40:19 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:40:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:40:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:40:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:40:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:40:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:40:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:40:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:40:20 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:40:32 status installed libc6 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:41:06 status unpacked libc6-dev 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:41:06 status half-configured libc6-dev 2.6.1-1+b1
2007-08-27 08:41:06 status installed libc6-dev 2.6.1-1+b1

But it seems libc6-i686 was actually installed on the system:

~$ ls /usr/share/doc/libc6-i686/
changelog.Debian.gz  copyright  log-test-i686-linux-i686.gz
~$ ls -ld /usr/share/doc/libc6-i686
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-08-21 13:05 /usr/share/doc/libc6-i686/

The time stamp seems to indicate that it was installed by the installer.

~$ sudo grep -C1 libc6-i686 /var/log/installer/*
/var/log/installer/syslog-Aug 21 11:26:57 apt-install: Queueing package acpid for later installation
/var/log/installer/syslog:Aug 21 11:26:58 apt-install: Queueing package libc6-i686 for later installation
/var/log/installer/syslog-Aug 21 11:26:58 hw-detect: Missing modules 'ide-core (Linux IDE support), usb-storage (USB storage), ide-generic (Linux IDE support), ide-floppy (Linux IDE floppy), ide-disk (Linux ATA DISK), ide-cd (Linux ATAPI CD-ROM), isofs (Linux ISO 9660 filesystem)
--
/var/log/installer/syslog-Aug 21 11:39:20 apt-install: Rekommenderade paket:
/var/log/installer/syslog:Aug 21 11:39:20 apt-install:   libc6-i686
/var/log/installer/syslog-Aug 21 11:39:20 apt-install: Följande NYA paket kommer att installeras:
--
/var/log/installer/syslog-Aug 21 11:43:27 apt-install: Rekommenderade paket:
/var/log/installer/syslog:Aug 21 11:43:27 apt-install:   libc6-i686
/var/log/installer/syslog-Aug 21 11:43:27 apt-install: Följande NYA paket kommer att installeras:

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- Bug#453480: postinst - Segmentation fault
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- Bug#454266: upgrade to 2.7 fails, leaving system unusable
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- Bug#454266: upgrade to 2.7 fails, leaving system unusable
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