On Wed, Feb 07, 2007 at 11:17:50PM -0800, Freddy Freeloader wrote: > Freddy Freeloader wrote: > >Kevin Ross wrote: > >>>Errors were encountered while processing: > >>> libc6 > >>> libc6-amd64 > >>> libc6-dev > >>> > >>>I'm running Sid with the 2.6.18-4-486 kernel. > >>> > >> > >>Is it even possible to run 64-bit apps with a 486 kernel? > >> > >> > >> > >This is something that I have wondered about too. I've been curious > >as to why it was installed. It definitely isn't something that I > >intentionally installed. It had to have been installed either with > >the system originally, or as a dependency requirement for another > >package. > > > > > Well, this is solved, at least it's working anyway. What I found was > that /etc/init.d/glibc.sh had been renamed. Once I renamed it libc6, > libc6-amd64, and libc6-dev all installed normally. How the glibc.sh > script came to be renamed I haven't a clue. > > This is the the 5th or 6th strange thing that has happened since I > rebuilt my laptop. The others have all been related to > /etc/apt/sources.list. The first time I booted into the machine and > went to install software I found all lines in sources.list had been > commented out. This has been happening on a daily basis since then. > > All entries in the file were commented out again. It seems to have > happened during the failed update that included the libc6 packages. ongoing problem? the lines in sources.list keep getting commented out? that ain't right. I've never seen *anything* touch sources.list except apt-spy and I think it warns you. A
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