Bug#671715: libc6: Fail to upgrade from 2.13-27 to newer version !
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 07:07:05PM +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> 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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