Bug#309486: libc6 upgrade failed leaving system unusable
On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 11:34:58AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 01:09:16AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> > Package: libc6
> > Version: 2.3.2.ds1-22
> > Severity: critical
> > Justification: breaks the whole system
> >
> > I don't know whether this is a libc6 bug or a dpkg bug. During
> > a routine update from unstable (of a few weeks ago) to current
> > unstable, I started getting segfaults during a libc6 upgrade.
>
> What kind of system is this? Am I reading you right to say that you
> unpacked the same -22 debs and then things worked again?
unstable on i386. Nothing unusual.
I unpacked the same .deb manually, ran ldconfig and then everything
worked. Then I chrooted into my install and installed the deb
properly, which succeeded.
> If you dare, could you try to reproduce the problem?
I can try that, as the system isn't too critical. Installing the -22 deb
now works. Should I install -21 and then -22 again?
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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