Bug#707185: libc6:amd64 does not replace libc6-amd64; preinst fails
On 2013-05-08 03:32 +0200, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> Package: src:eglibc
> Version: 2.17-1
> Severity: important
>
> This upgrade failed:
> [snip]
> Preparing to replace libc6-dev-amd64 2.13-38 (using .../libc6-dev-amd64_2.17-1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libc6-dev-amd64 ...
> Preparing to replace libc6-amd64 2.13-38 (using .../libc6-amd64_2.17-1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libc6-amd64 ...
> Replaced by files in installed package libc6:amd64 ...
> Preparing to replace linux-libc-dev:i386 3.2.39-2 (using .../linux-libc-dev_3.8.11-1_i386.deb) ...
> De-configuring linux-libc-dev:amd64 ...
> Unpacking replacement linux-libc-dev:i386 ...
> Preparing to replace linux-libc-dev:amd64 3.2.39-2 (using .../linux-libc-dev_3.8.11-1_amd64.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement linux-libc-dev:amd64 ...
> Setting up linux-libc-dev:i386 (3.8.11-1) ...
> Setting up linux-libc-dev:amd64 (3.8.11-1) ...
> (Reading database ... 241766 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace libc6-dev:amd64 2.13-38 (using .../libc6-dev_2.17-1_amd64.deb) ...
> De-configuring libc6-dev:i386 ...
> Unpacking replacement libc6-dev:amd64 ...
> Preparing to replace libc6-dev:i386 2.13-38 (using .../libc6-dev_2.17-1_i386.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement libc6-dev:i386 ...
> Preparing to replace locales 2.13-38 (using .../locales_2.17-1_all.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement locales ...
> Preparing to replace libc6:i386 2.13-38 (using .../archives/libc6_2.17-1_i386.deb) ...
> De-configuring libc6:amd64 ...
> Checking for services that may need to be restarted...
> Checking init scripts...
> Unpacking replacement libc6:i386 ...
> Preparing to replace libc6:amd64 2.13-38 (using .../libc6_2.17-1_amd64.deb) ...
> Checking for services that may need to be restarted...
> Checking init scripts...
> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.17-1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Processing triggers for man-db ...
> Processing triggers for lintian ...
> Errors were encountered while processing:
> /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.17-1_amd64.deb
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> It's not very nice of the preinst to fail without explanation, is it?
> So I repacked it with set +x added and the installation ended with:
>
> + echo Checking init scripts...
> Checking init scripts...
> + runlevel
> + sed s/.*\ //
> + rl=5
> + [ -n ]
> + [ amd64 = armhf ]
> + touch /etc/ld.so.nohwcap
> + readlink -e /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2
> + ldfile=
>
> OK, where is /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 pointing? To ld-2.13.so,
> which does not exist.
It ought to point at /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-2.13.so, and that should
exist while the libc6:amd64 preinst runs.
> This is left over from libc6-amd64, which
> dpkg has mostly but not entirely removed in preparation for the
> upgrade that replaces it.
The new version of libc6-amd64 has already been unpacked, but
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 belongs to libc6:amd64 which declares a
"Replaces: libc6-amd64".
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 7.0
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
> Foreign Architectures: amd64
I'll see if I can reproduce the problem.
Cheers,
Sven
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