Bug#309486: libc6 upgrade failed leaving system unusable

[Daniel Jacobowitz <drow@false.org>]

On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 10:42:08AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> 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?

Please.  I have no idea what went wrong; from the report, the best I
can offer is "don't let that neutron hit the same transistor this
time".

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Daniel Jacobowitz
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