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Bug#315011: entire machine hangs after upgrading libc6



reassign 315011 kernel
severity 315011 important
tags 315011 unreproducible
thanks

On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 09:48:54AM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.2.ds1-22
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system

> Upgrading from libc6 2.3.2.ds1-21 to 2.3.2.ds1-22 causes my laptop to
> hang (no response from network, even magic sysrq doesn't work) at the
> "unpacking files to replace libc6" stage.  I've tried this a few times
> with different kernels - 2.6.12-rc3, 2.6.11-rc3 and the Debian-packaged
> 2.6.9-1-686 - and also with the "experimental" libc6 2.3.5-1, with the
> same result.

> I'm not sure whether this is a glibc or kernel bug (or both!) and I'm
> not sure whether this bug severity is deserved but I figure someone
> who knows more about libc than I will be able to point the bug where
> it belongs :-)

That would have to be a kernel bug.  Most probably you have a corrupted
filesystem.

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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