Bug#57580: postinst fails

[Kevin Dalley <kevind@rahul.net>]

I'll add information on my failure to upgrade to libc6.

Sorry, libc6 is already the newest version
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 32 not upgraded.
3 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Setting up libc6 (2.1.3-1) ...
Current default timezone: 'US/Pacific'.
   Local time is now:      Tue Feb  8 16:20:08 PST 2000.
   Universal Time is now:  Wed Feb  9 00:20:08 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

As far as I can tell, this problem is due to the new
/etc/init.d/devpts.sh.

laminaria:/home/kevin# /etc/init.d/devpts.sh
mount: devpts already mounted or /dev/pts busy
mount: according to mtab, none is already mounted on /dev/pts
laminaria:/home/kevin# echo $?
32


laminaria:/home/kevin# mount
/dev/hda2 on / type ext2 (rw,errors=remount-ro,errors=remount-ro)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
/dev/hda5 on /usr type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda6 on /var type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hda7 on /home type ext2 (rw)
/dev/hdc on /cdrom type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)



Is it necessary for the following command to succeed in order for
libc6 to be installed:

mount -t devpts devpts /dev/pts -ogid=5,mode=620


-- 
Kevin Dalley
kevind@rahul.net