Bug#629983: libc6 install aborts with "A non-dpkg owned copy of the C library was found in /lib."
Hi,
Thanks for following up.
David Baron wrote:
> [Subject: Re: Bug#629983: [libc6] I also had this on possible upgrade to 2.13-6]
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> Problem is that, whatever be the offending file, the only alternatives are to
> go ahead anyway or abort ALL upgrades.
This bug report is about a situation in which libc6.preinst cancels
the upgrade because there are files around that would interfere with
it. (Some of the possible situations in which it can trigger have
been tracked down and will be corrected automatically in the next
upload.) In particular, it was about the lack of clarity in the error
message, such that it seemed to imply one fix, renaming to add a .old
suffix, would work when it didn't.
As far as I can tell, you are talking about something else. The usual
dpkg behavior (as described in the Debian policy manual) after
"preinst upgrade" fails is for the old "postinst abort-upgrade" will
be called and the upgrade of this package to be cancelled. Then the
higher-level package manager takes over and has a chance to finish
unwinding the upgrade and put things in a sane state.
Do I understand correctly that you are saying that last step didn't
proceed to your satisfaction? (For example, maybe it downgraded too
many packages, or maybe it didn't downgrade enough.)
> On my system, six packages are pulled
> with lib6 upgrades. The mix of new and old will crash out X, for instance.
I've never heard of this behavior. Please file a new bug.
> A version of this bug was listed as grave and then withdrawn.
Probably you are referring to Bug#629534 of 2.13-5, which was fixed (not
withdrawn :)) in 2.13-6 by adding the preinst check.
Hope that helps,
Jonathan
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