Bug#57584: libc6: problem with devpts during configuration

[Martin Pool <mbp@linuxcare.com.au>]

Package: libc6
Version: 2.1.3-1
Severity: important

Doing an apt-get dist-upgrade to libc6-2.1.3-1 from potato,
configuration stops with these messages:

---
Setting up libc6 (2.1.3-1) ...
Current default timezone: 'Australia/Canberra'.
   Local time is now:      Wed Feb  9 10:30:57 EST 2000.
   Universal Time is now:  Tue Feb  8 23:30:57 UTC 2000.
Run 'tzconfig' if you wish to change it.
mount: devpts already mounted or /dev/pts busy
mount: according to mtab, none is already mounted on /dev/pts
dpkg: error processing libc6 (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 32
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libc6
---

$ mount
/dev/hda6 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
/dev/hda7 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda10 on /var type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda8 on /home type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /rh-root type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda11 on /snd type ext2 (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)

$ grep pts /etc/fstab 
none            /dev/pts        devpts  gid=5,mode=620                  0       0

Thanks,
--
Martin

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux sanguine 2.2.13 #3 Thu Feb 3 19:33:37 EST 2000 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages libc6 depends on:
ii  ldso                 1.9.11-5             The Linux dynamic linker, library and utilities.