Package: libc6 Version: 2.31-13 Severity: normal X-Debbugs-Cc: codehelp@debian.org This is related to #984533 - in my case, there was no effect on the initramfs. I am attaching the section of the apt log. (gzipped) I am also attaching the dpkg -l output for the package list (after upgrade). The apt log includes the details of the --purge autoremove operation I completed after a reboot, so those packages were also installed on buster too. This was an upgrade from buster to bullseye. apt upgrade worked fine (first part of the log). When dist-upgrade started, I got: Preparing to unpack .../92-libc6_2.31-13_amd64.deb ... debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 78.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline Checking for services that may need to be restarted... Checking init scripts... Do you want to upgrade glibc now? Running services and programs that are using NSS need to be restarted, otherwise they might not be able to do lookup or authentication any more. The installation process is able to restart some services (such as ssh or telnetd), but other programs cannot be restarted automatically. One such program that needs manual stopping and restart after the glibc upgrade by yourself is xdm - because automatic restart might disconnect your active X11 sessions. This script detected the following installed services which must be stopped before the upgrade: postgresql If you want to interrupt the upgrade now and continue later, please answer No to the question below. Do you want to upgrade glibc now? [Y/n] y Y Progress: [ 5%] [########................................................................................................................................................................] sudo kill .... dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-WwQ9fY/92-libc6_2.31-13_amd64.deb (--unpack): new libc6:amd64 package pre-installation script subprocess was killed by signal (Terminated) debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 78.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline Errors were encountered while processing: /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-WwQ9fY/92-libc6_2.31-13_amd64.deb Error: Timeout was reached E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) W: Operation was interrupted before it could finish No matter what I typed to the Do you want to upgrade prompt, the process did not continue. I needed to open a terminal tab, find the preinst process & kill it. When I did restart, X died and I had to complete the dist-upgrade from Alt-F1 console. I have now got a working system again. -- System Information: Debian Release: 11.0 APT prefers stable-security APT policy: (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'stable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads) Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_GB:en Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libcrypt1 1:4.4.18-4 ii libgcc-s1 10.2.1-6 Versions of packages libc6 recommends: ii libidn2-0 2.3.0-5 pn libnss-nis <none> pn libnss-nisplus <none> Versions of packages libc6 suggests: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.77 pn glibc-doc <none> ii libc-l10n 2.31-13 ii locales 2.31-13 -- debconf information: glibc/kernel-not-supported: glibc/disable-screensaver: glibc/restart-services: * libraries/restart-without-asking: true glibc/restart-failed: glibc/kernel-too-old: glibc/upgrade: true
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