Dear list, I'm struggling with a problem I have a hard time fixing myself.
I'm running lenny originally installed form a weekly-build netinst. Two days ago, the automatic update thingy suggested upgrading a few packages, among them libc6 (from 2.6-2 to 2.6.1-1) Problem is, the installation of libc6 failed, and since then all programs just segfault. I have tried a number of rescue operations, but it's not easy: - dpkg --root= doesn't work here, because the pre/post scripts are run in the (broken) chroot environment and also segfault, - I've tried to copy all files used by /bin/bash from a known good system (i.e. the binary and all libs reported by ldd), but still no luck: it keeps segfaulting. - It's hard to see where it segfaults: debuggers in the installation segfault, those outside see only the chroot process. - I can't simply reinstall from the installer over the existing system for the same reason: the installer chroots inside /target and there everything just segfaults. I've also tried the radical way of removing /lib, /bin, /etc/ld.so*. That seemed to work but a subsequent upgrade brought me to the same point again. Luckily I was able to note down the exact error messages: Preparing to replace libc6 2.6-2 (using .../libc6_2.6.1-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc6 ... Setting up libc6 (2.6.1-1) Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/glibc.sh ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6.postinst: line 320: 23349 Segmantation Fault dpkg --compare-versions $preversion lt 2.3.5-1 /var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6.postinst: line 320: 23350 Segmentation Fault iconvconfig /var/lib/dpkg/info/libc6.postinst: line 20: 23351 Segmentation Fault update-rc.d "$@" >/dev/null dpkg: error processing libc6 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139 I've found no bug that looks related. Did anyone experience this? Should I file a bug? What is the best way out of this? Thanks, and cheers michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. " -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
