Re: Unable to upgrade libc6, cannot find why

["J.F.Gratton" <grajea01@moskva.dyn.dhs.org>]

>
> It's already filed as an important bug in the libc6 package.
>
> It broke during the unpacking, as the error messages say.  In such case,
> dpkg will roll back to the previous version of the package.  So the
> preinst script on your disk is the old one, without the cp -L.
>
> I'm afraid you're stuck until a fixed libc6 is uploaded.  Maybe you can
> suspend dpkg just between unpacking the new preinst script and executing
> it, so you can fix it and then continue dpkg in the foregroung again,
> so it will run the fixed preinst script.  It is a bad hack though and
> YMMV, ranging from fixing to completely hosing your system (no kidding).
>
> Your best bet is to sit on your hands until this is fixed in libc6.
>
> Cheers,
>
>
> Joost

Many thanks, Joost (and all of you, as a matter of fact).

Funny, I've looked everywhere I can think of to see it this was a bug
before posting --I didn't want to bother people with a often-asked post--
and didn't find anything. Guess I wasn't looking at the right place :)

I'll say that for this bug : It forced me to learn some stuff concerning
packaging that I never bothered to learn before ! :))

Thanks again,

Jeff