Problem with libc6
I have a machine with debian woody. After upgrade with dselect or apt-get (
this was a few months ago and I don't remember now if it was with apt-get or
dselect) libc6 is half-installed. In fact if I run dpkg -C, I get:
The following packages are in a mess due to serious problems during
installation. They must be reinstalled for them (and any packages
that depend on them) to function properly:
libc6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone data
If I run dpkg -l libc6:
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version
Description
+++-==============================-==============================-==========
==================================================================
iHR libc6 2.2.5-11.1 GNU C
Library: Shared libraries and Timezone data
The problem is that I can't install any packages...
If I try install libc6...
dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.2.5-11.1_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 15110 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.2.5-11.1 (using .../libc6_2.2.5-11.1_i386.deb)
...
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
And the console hang.
I open other console and ran "ps waux | grep dpkg" And then I get the
following:
root 542 2.1 5.3 14484 13660 pts/0 D 13:21 0:04 dpkg -i
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.2.5-11.1_i386.deb
root 556 0.0 0.1 1356 440 pts/0 S 13:21 0:00 dpkg-deb
--fsys-tarfile /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.2.5-11.1_i386.deb
root 557 0.0 0.1 1392 504 pts/0 S 13:21 0:00 dpkg-deb
--fsys-tarfile /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.2.5-11.1_i386.deb
root 558 0.4 0.2 1428 560 pts/0 S 13:21 0:00 dpkg-deb
--fsys-tarfile /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.2.5-11.1_i386.deb
root 567 0.0 0.1 1332 432 pts/1 S 13:25 0:00 grep dpkg
You can see that there is an uninterruptible sleep process, and of corse I
can´t kill it.
So I reboot the machine...
If I try any update, upgrade or instalation I always get the same line:
E: dpkg was interrupted, you must manually run 'dpkg --configure -a' to
correct the problem
So I run dpkg --configure -a
And after this, the problem start again. If I try install, upgrade etc the
console hang.
Could someone Help me with this problem?
Perhaps The only solution is reinstall the system completely?
Thanks in advance.
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