Package: libc6 Version: 2.13-6 My poor confused brain thinks "the C library" is libc-2.13.so which is NOT in /lib (it's in /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ and /lib/i386-linux-gnu/i686/cmov/) so the error message is not terribly useful.
The check can't be found in /var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6.preinst (from -5), so that doesn't tell me what's going on. I look around and find bug #629534 which looks like the issue is with ld.so. Looking at my system, I do indeed have an ancient /lib/ld.so (6 March 2001) so I start a statically linked shell (for safety) and move it to ld.so.old. And retry the installation of the package. Which still fails, with the same error message. Finally, after a few attempts, I manage to stop the dpkg while /var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst exists and read *that*. It shows me that the pattern searched for is /lib/ld*.so*, so my adding a .old suffix doesn't work. Now, I really shouldn't have to go to this much trouble to understand a freaking error message. The offending file name is readily available in $i. How about printing THAT rather than referring vaguely to "the C library". Thank you! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
