Re: apt-get upgrade fails after updating

[Tong <mlist4suntong@yahoo.com>]

On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:09:25 +0200, Florian Ernst wrote:

> Hello *,
> 
> On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 05:29:55PM -0400, Tong wrote:
>> Today, I did my routine apt-get upgrade and noticed that the libc has been
>> updated. However, now apt-get upgrade fails to configure the updated
>> package. The error message is:
>> 
>> Preconfiguring packages ...
>> *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (!prev): 0x0893e320 ***
>> /bin/sh: line 1:  6046 Aborted                 /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt
>> Setting up debconf (1.4.58) ...
>> *** glibc detected *** double free or corruption (!prev): 0x088d9240 ***
>> dpkg: error processing debconf (--configure):
>>  subprocess post-installation script killed by signal (Aborted)
>> Errors were encountered while processing:
>>  debconf
>> [...]
> 
> <http://bugs.debian.org/322746> contains a detailed error description

Thank you Florian for the prompt reply. 

> as well as a workaround and the solution.

I waded though the lengthy/messy posting and find the solution at last. In
case others interested. The (temp) solution is as follows, as posted by
Jim Van Zandt:

I suggest something like this for recovery:

  dpkg-reconfigure debconf
          <select some frontend other than readline>
  dpkg --configure -a		      # recover from failed configurations
  apt-get install --reinstall sash    # recover from even worse corruption
  apt-get -t unstable install libterm-readline-gnu-perl  # fix basic problem
  dpkg-reconfigure debconf
          <select readline frontend again>

>> I've reboot but symptom is the same.
> 
> Huh, reboot?

Oh, well, a most common panic reaction when you see something
wont-be-broken breaks in front of your eyes. :-)