Problems installing libc6 2.3.2-8
Hi,
I've just started setting up a new Debian box, and after installing from
the 3.0r1 woody CD, I switched to using unstable package sources from
ftp.uk.debian.org. One of the packages updated as a result of installing
Apache was libc6 (2.3.2-8) which failed to install correctly. The output
from dpkg (citing a line in libc6.postinst) was something like:
Illegal instruction sleep 1
I've tried reverting /etc/apt/sources.list to use stable sources and
then manually attempted to install an older version of libc6
(2.2.5-11.5) with dpkg, but this failed with an error message about
libdb1-compat.
I then began installing a few other packages and the libc6 error (from
dpkg) mysteriously disappeared (hence I can't recall it exactly). At
first I thought the problem had solved itself, but now I get the same
illegal instruction message when attempting to install mysql-server. It
appears libc6 is in some way broken.
Is there any means by which I can revert to an earlier version of libc6
without catastrophic consequences (I'm aware that it can't just be
removed and reinstalled)? Is this a known issue with unstable libc6 (I
couldn't find anything with a few googlings, nor in the debian-user
archive)?
Any help or advice would be much appreciated!
Ben Darlow
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