Bug#419189: not due to ubuntu or knoppix

["Craig Small" <csmall2@gmail.com>]

I do not believe the problem just stems from having foreign libraries in it, as my system is stock Debian and I have a similar problem.    No Ubuntu, no knoppix, just straight Debian.

apt-get install (some packages) which pulled in a new libc, I think.

Now I get this:
csmall@gonzo:~$ mutt
mutt: /lib/tls/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.3.4' not found (required by mutt)

or this
gonzo:/home/csmall# sync
sync: relocation error: /lib/tls/libc.so.6: symbol _dl_starting_up, version GLIBC_PRIVATE not defined in file 
ld-linux.so.2 with link time reference

gonzo:/home/csmall# echo /lib/libc*
/lib/libc-2.3.2.so /lib/libc-2.5.so /lib/libcap.so.1 /lib/libcap.so.1.10 /lib/libcfont.so.0 /lib/libcfont.so.0.0.0 /lib/libcidn-
2.5.so /lib/libcidn.so.1 /lib/libcom_err.so.2 /lib/libcom_err.so.2.1 /lib/libconsole.so.0 /lib/libconsole.so.0.0.0 /lib/libcrypt-2.3.2.so /lib/libcrypt-
2.5.so /lib/libcrypt.so.1 /lib/libc.so.6 /lib/libctutils.so.0 /lib/libctutils.so.0.0.0
gonzo:/home/csmall# echo /lib/tls/*
/lib/tls/ld-2.3.2.so /lib/tls/ld-linux.so.2 /lib/tls/libanl-
2.3.2.so /lib/tls/libanl.so.1 /lib/tls/libBrokenLocale-2.3.2.so /lib/tls/libBrokenLocale.so.1 /lib/tls/libc-2.3.2.so /lib/tls/libcrypt-
2.3.2.so /lib/tls/libcrypt.so.1 /lib/tls/libc.so.6 /lib/tls/libdl-2.3.2.so /lib/tls/libdl.so.2 /lib/tls/libm-2.3.2.so /lib/tls/libm.so.6 /lib/tls/libnsl-
2.3.2.so /lib/tls/libnsl.so.1 /lib/tls/libnss_compat-2.3.2.so /lib/tls/libnss_compat.so.2 /lib/tls/libnss_dns-2.3.2.so /lib/tls/libnss_dns.so.2 /lib/tls/libnss_files-
2.3.2.so /lib/tls/libnss_files.so.2 /lib/tls/libnss_hesiod-2.3.2.so /lib/tls/libnss_hesiod.so.2 /lib/tls/libnss_nis-2.3.2.so /lib/tls/libnss_nisplus-
2.3.2.so /lib/tls/libnss_nisplus.so.2 /lib/tls/libnss_nis.so.2 /lib/tls/libpthread-0.60.so /lib/tls/libpthread.so.0 /lib/tls/libresolv-2.3.2.so
 /lib/tls/libresolv.so.2 /lib/tls/librt-2.3.2.so /lib/tls/librt.so.1 /lib/tls/libutil-2.3.2.so /lib/tls/libutil.so.1

There is something seriously bad going on here with the libraries.

I was trying to install libc6 2.5-1
I think it is installed, I cannot tell. The system is toast!