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Re: Updating libc6



On Wed, Jul 25, 2007 at 11:18:56AM +0100, Pedro Sousa wrote:
> Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13 (using
> .../archives/libc6_2.6-2_amd64.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.6-2_amd64.deb
> (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/lib64', which is also in package
> virtualbox

This is clearly a bug in virtualbox.  It should not be putting
files in /usr/lib64, it should put them in /usr/lib instead.

I suggest you first remove virtual box, then upgrade libc6, and then
reinstall virtualbox.  This is something you'll have to do until
virtualbox is fixed.


Kurt



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