Problem with upgrading libc6
I have a server that is running etch, and before upgrading to lenny,
there's a a couple of packages with a lot of local configuration work in
them that I want to upgrade individually to lenny versions first, so
that I don't have the problem of having to adjust for lenny-specific
changes to packages at the same time I'm upgrading the server. This
server is running AMD-64 versions of Debian.
For these packages, updates are requiring upgrade of libc6, that's
giving me problems in version conflicts between libc6 and libc6-dev.
libc6 upgrades, but for some reason libc6 dev doesn't.
Highlights from screen logs, when I run:
aptitude -t stable install libc6
The following NEW packages will be installed:
linux-libc-dev [2.6.26-13]
The following packages will be REMOVED:
linux-kernel-headers [2.6.18-7]
The following packages will be upgraded:
binutils [2.17-3 -> 2.18.1~cvs20080103-7]
libc6 [2.3.6.ds1-13etch9 -> 2.7-18]
libc6-dev [2.3.6.ds1-13etch9 -> 2.7-18]
locales [2.3.6.ds1-13etch9 -> 2.7-18] tzdata [2008e-1etch3 -> 2008h-2]
Preparing to replace locales 2.3.6.ds1-13etch9 (using .../locales_2.7-18_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement locales ...
dpkg: linux-kernel-headers: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
libc6-dev depends on linux-kernel-headers.
Here's the beginning of the conflict. Locales seems OK, but removal
linux-kernel-headers causes problems with libc6-dev.
Unpacking linux-libc-dev (from .../linux-libc-dev_2.6.26-13_amd64.deb) ...
Preparing to replace binutils 2.17-3 (using .../binutils_2.18.1~cvs20080103-7_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement binutils ...
Preparing to replace libc6-dev 2.3.6.ds1-13etch9 (using .../libc6-dev_2.7-18_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ...
Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch9 (using .../libc6_2.7-18_amd64.deb) ...
Checking for services that may need to be restarted...
Checking init scripts...
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18_amd64.deb (--unpack):
dpkg: warning - old post-removal script killed by signal (Segmentation fault)
Here's where it gets worse -- segmentation fault.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess pre-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation fault)
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.7-18_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-dev:
libc6-dev depends on libc6 (= 2.7-18); however:
Package libc6 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing libc6-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Here's the core conflict -- new version of libc6 and old version of
libc6-dev.
Setting up linux-libc-dev (2.6.26-13) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of locales:
locales depends on glibc-2.7-1; however:
Package glibc-2.7-1 is not installed.
This one prevents correct configuration of locales
dpkg: error processing locales (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of binutils:
binutils depends on libc6 (>= 2.7-1); however:
Package libc6 is not installed.
dpkg: error processing binutils (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libc6-dev
locales
binutils
At the end, three essential packages not upgraded.
At this point, I went back and reinstalled libc6 from etch:
Downgrade the following packages:
binutils [2.18.1~cvs20080103-7 (stable, stable, now) -> 2.17-3 (oldstable, oldstable)]
libc6-dev [2.7-18 (stable, stable, now) -> 2.3.6.ds1-13etch9 (oldstable, oldstable)]
locales [2.7-18 (stable, stable, now) -> 2.3.6.ds1-13etch9 (oldstable, oldstable)]
Score is -160
Accept this solution? [Y/n/q/?] y
The following packages will be DOWNGRADED:
binutils [2.18.1~cvs20080103-7 -> 2.17-3]
libc6-dev [2.7-18 -> 2.3.6.ds1-13etch9]
locales [2.7-18 -> 2.3.6.ds1-13etch9]
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 3 downgraded, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Following this downgrade, libc6 (and related dependencies) are all still
at etch versions.
Is there a way of getting around this one (perhaps booting from a CD and
using the rescue shell)? Or is it going to be faster/easier to simply
back up the machine and rebuild it?
Smith
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