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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