Bug#984533: libc6: upgrade from 2.28-10 to 2.31-9 breaks system
On 2021-03-05 14:41, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> control: notfound -1 libc6/2.28-10
> control: found -1 libc6/2.31-9
> control: severity -1 grave
>
> On 2021-03-04 19:26, Thomas Hahn wrote:
> > Package: libc6
> > Version: 2.28-10
> > Severity: normal
> > X-Debbugs-Cc: thahn01@t-online.de
> >
> > Dear Maintainer,
> >
> > installed buster, then apt upgrade was also fine,
> > but the following dist-upgrade put the system in a broken state.
> >
> > Preparing to unpack .../62-locales_2.31-9_all.deb ...
> > Unpacking locales (2.31-9) over (2.28-10) ...
> > Preparing to unpack .../63-openssh-server_1%3a8.4p1-4_amd64.deb ...
> > Unpacking openssh-server (1:8.4p1-4) over (1:7.9p1-10+deb10u2) ...
> > Preparing to unpack .../64-libc6_2.31-9_amd64.deb ...
> > whiptail: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not found (required by /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libslang.so.2)
>
> This seems to show that libslang2 has been wrongly unpacked before
> libc6. Do you happen to have the beginning of the log? You can find it
> in /var/log/apt/term.log.*
>
> > debconf: whiptail output the above errors, giving up!
> > Checking for services that may need to be restarted...dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-I51xYx/64-libc6_2.31-9_amd64.deb (--unpack):
> > new libc6:amd64 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 255
> > Selecting previously unselected package libcrypt1:amd64.
> > dpkg: considering deconfiguration of libc6:amd64, which would be broken by installation of libcrypt1:amd64 ...
> > dpkg: yes, will deconfigure libc6:amd64 (broken by libcrypt1:amd64)
> > Preparing to unpack .../65-libcrypt1_1%3a4.4.17-1_amd64.deb ...
> > De-configuring libc6:amd64 (2.28-10) ...
> > Unpacking libcrypt1:amd64 (1:4.4.17-1) ...
> > Errors were encountered while processing:
> > /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-I51xYx/64-libc6_2.31-9_amd64.deb
> > Error: Timeout was reached
> > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
>
> To unbreak your system the best would be to unpack libc6 manually using
> the following command:
> dpkg -x /var/cache/apt/libc6_2.31-9_amd64.deb /
A better workaround for this issue, provided that dialog is also
installed in the system, seems to be:
export DEBCONF_FORCE_DIALOG=1
apt-get install -f
Aurelien
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