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Re: Installing libc4



> Today I tried to install libc4-4.6.27-13.deb, but failed, and now have a
> corrupt or at least fragile system.  
> 
> (Background info:  I had a directory named /usr/src/linux -- 
> the result of untarring a kernel package that I'd recently gotten from one 
> of the kernel mirrors).

libc4[-dev]-4.6.7-13 and libc5[-dev]-5.2.18-4 were broken and could
overwrite /usr/src/linux/include.  Please install libc4-*-14 and
libc5-*-5 and then delete reinstall whatever you had under
/usr/src/linux.  Sorry for the screw up.

> dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 1
> dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
> dpkg: error processing libc4-4.6.27-13.deb (--unpack):
>  there is no script in the new version of the package - giving up
> 
> I'm hoping someone might know how I might salvage this situation.

The new version fixes this problem also.

David
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David Engel                        Optical Data Systems, Inc.
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