Bug#671715: libc6: Fail to upgrade from 2.13-27 to newer version !
On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 11:14:56AM +0200, Mourad Jaber wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.13-27
> Severity: important
>
> Dear Maintainer,
>
> * What led up to the situation?
> My system (debian/testing) is using 2.13-27 version of libc6 and I'm trying to
> upgrade to the current testing version...
>
> * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or
> ineffective)?
> I'm trying to do an "aptitude install libc6"
>
> * What was the outcome of this action?
> It didn't finish well, I obtain the following messages :
> A copy of the C library was found in an unexpected directory:
> '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so'
> It is not safe to upgrade the C library in this situation;
> please remove that copy of the C library or get it out of
> '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' and try again.
>
> * What outcome did you expect instead?
> An upgrade without problem !
>
> I have tryied :
> - to move that file -> nothing work after that so I cannot redo the upgrade !
> - to use a rescue CD (PartedMagic), chroot the environement and try to force
> the upgrade, but I get the same result !
>
> Is there any solution to make the upgrade happen without reinstalling the whole
> system ?
>
This looks like your dpkg database is corrupted, or at least not in sync
with the files installed in your system. Can you please provide us the
contents of all the files named /var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6*.list ?
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