> > It's already filed as an important bug in the libc6 package. > > It broke during the unpacking, as the error messages say. In such case, > dpkg will roll back to the previous version of the package. So the > preinst script on your disk is the old one, without the cp -L. > > I'm afraid you're stuck until a fixed libc6 is uploaded. Maybe you can > suspend dpkg just between unpacking the new preinst script and executing > it, so you can fix it and then continue dpkg in the foregroung again, > so it will run the fixed preinst script. It is a bad hack though and > YMMV, ranging from fixing to completely hosing your system (no kidding). > > Your best bet is to sit on your hands until this is fixed in libc6. > > Cheers, > > > Joost
Many thanks, Joost (and all of you, as a matter of fact). Funny, I've looked everywhere I can think of to see it this was a bug before posting --I didn't want to bother people with a often-asked post-- and didn't find anything. Guess I wasn't looking at the right place :) I'll say that for this bug : It forced me to learn some stuff concerning packaging that I never bothered to learn before ! :)) Thanks again, Jeff
