I have several Debian boxes (kernel 2.4.2 custom (kernels differ a little on variouse boxes), ldso 1.9.11-15 on all the boxes). I was able to successfully upgrade libc6 from 2.2.2-1 to 2.2.2-2 on two of the boxes, but failed to on the third box. Here is the message I got:
[...] (Reading database ... 58107 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libc6-dev 2.2.2-1 (using .../libc6-dev_2.2.2-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ... Preparing to replace libc6 2.2.2-1 (using .../g/glibc/libc6_2.2.2-2_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc6 ... /bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/i686/libc.so.6: symbol _dl_debug_files, version GLIBC_2.2 not defined in file ld-linux.so.2 with link time reference dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 127 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... /bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/i686/libc.so.6: symbol _dl_debug_files, version GLIBC_2.2 not defined in file ld-linux.so.2 with link time reference dpkg: error processing /usr/local/src/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.2.2-2_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 127 /bin/bash: error while loading shared libraries: /lib/i686/libc.so.6: symbol _dl_debug_files, version GLIBC_2.2 not defined in file ld-linux.so.2 with link time reference dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 127 Errors were encountered while processing: /usr/local/src/debian/pool/main/g/glibc/libc6_2.2.2-2_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again Press enter to continue. [...] Couldn't anybody, please, tell me what this error message means and how can I fix the error. Thank you, Mikhail.
