Bug#586241: libc6: Upgrade 2.10.2-9 to 2.11.1-3 breaks the system debian/squeeze (segfaults on any command)
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 05:32:21PM +0200, Thibault Manlay wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.10.2-9
> Severity: critical
> Tags: squeeze
> Justification: breaks the whole system
>
> I recently upgraded libc* (libc-bin, libc6) from 2.10.2-9 to 2.11.1-3 on
> squeeze and the upgrade crashed at this moment:
>
> Preparing to replace libc6 2.10.2-9 (using .../libc6_2.11.1-3_i386.deb) ...
> Checking for services that may need to be restarted...
> Checking init scripts...
> Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
> /bin/sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_GB.UTF-8)
> Setting up libc6 (2.11.1-3) ...
> /bin/sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_GB.UTF-8)
> dpkg: error processing libc6 (--configure):
> subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation
> fault)
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> libc6
>
> and the whole system was broken (any command returned a segmentation fault).
> Since I have been able to downgrade the two packages libc6 and libc-bin to
> their previous version (2.10.2-9).
>
> I tried then to reproduce this behaviour on a virtual machine unsuccessfully
> first but I finally managed to reproduce it by upgrading every packet to their
> last version on the repository and then upgrade libc* packages. I join here the
> diff between before and after the massive upgrade.
>
This is not something reproducible here. Would it be possible to get a
copy of this virtual machine?
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