libc6 (2.1.2-3) busted

[iehrenwald@earthlink.net]

Hi everyone

I did my nightly apt-get update; apt-get install.  It looks like libc6 is
broken on my bleeding edge potato box.

[ian@solvent ~] uname -a
Linux solvent 2.2.12 #1 SMP Wed Sep 22 07:37:10 EDT 1999 i686 unknown

(Abit BP6, two Celeron 400s.  Kinda dissapointed with the board.. bleh)

Setting up libc6 (2.1.2-3) ...
Current default timezone: 'America/New_York'.
   Local time is now:      Thu Sep 23 21:27:27 EDT 1999.
   Universal Time is now:  Fri Sep 24 01:27:27 UTC 1999.
Run `tzconfig' if you wish to change it.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6.postinst: /usr/sbin/update-rc.d: Permission denied
dpkg: error processing libc6 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libc6
E: Sub-process returned an error code (1)

And then everything else fails because it looks like perl is busted too
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Setting up libc6 (2.1.2-3) ...
Current default timezone: 'America/New_York'.
   Local time is now:      Thu Sep 23 21:37:42 EDT 1999.
   Universal Time is now:  Fri Sep 24 01:37:42 UTC 1999.
Run `tzconfig' if you wish to change it.
/var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6.postinst: /usr/sbin/update-rc.d: Permission
denied
dpkg: error processing libc6 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dwww:
 dwww depends on libc6 (>= 2.1); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dwww (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-dev:
 libc6-dev depends on libc6 (= 2.1.2-3); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing libc6-dev (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of dhelp:
 dhelp depends on libc6 (>= 2.1); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing dhelp (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Setting up perl-5.005-doc (5.005.03-4) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/perl-5.005-doc.postinst: /usr/sbin/install-docs:
Permission denied
dpkg: error processing perl-5.005-doc (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ssh-askpass:
 ssh-askpass depends on libc6 (>= 2.1); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ssh-askpass (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of fetchmail:
 fetchmail depends on libc6 (>= 2.1); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing fetchmail (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl-5.005-base:
 perl-5.005-base depends on libc6 (>= 2.1); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing perl-5.005-base (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gconv-modules:
 gconv-modules depends on libc6 (= 2.1.2-3); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing gconv-modules (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of setiathome:
 setiathome depends on libc6 (>= 2.1.1-13); however:
  Package libc6 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing setiathome (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl-5.005:
 perl-5.005 depends on perl-5.005-base (= 5.005.03-4); however:
  Package perl-5.005-base is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing perl-5.005 (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of perl-5.005-suid:
 perl-5.005-suid depends on perl-5.005 (= 5.005.03-4); however:
  Package perl-5.005 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing perl-5.005-suid (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of info2www:
 info2www depends on perl | perl5; however:
  Package perl is not installed.
  Package perl5 is not installed.
  Package perl-5.005 which provides perl5 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing info2www (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libc6
 dwww
 libc6-dev
 dhelp
 perl-5.005-doc
 ssh-askpass
 fetchmail
 perl-5.005-base
 gconv-modules
 setiathome
 perl-5.005
 perl-5.005-suid
 info2www

installation script returned error exit status 100.


Sorry for the long paste.  

		--Ian Ehrenwald