I'm also seeing this issue replicated on 14.04.2 - $ apt-cache show libc6 | grep Version Version: 2.19-0ubuntu6.11 Version: 2.19-0ubuntu6
$cat /var/log/apt/history.log ... Start-Date: 2017-03-21 07:11:13 Upgrade: libgnutls-openssl27:amd64 (2.12.23-12ubuntu2.6, 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.7), multiarch-support:amd64 (2.19-0ubuntu6.9, 2.19-0ubuntu6.10), libfreetype6:amd64 (2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5, 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.6), libc-dev-bin:amd64 (2.19-0ubuntu6.9, 2.19-0ubuntu6.10), libc-bin:amd64 (2.19-0ubuntu6.9, 2.19-0ubuntu6.10), libc6:amd64 (2.19-0ubuntu6.9, 2.19-0ubuntu6.10), libgnutls26:amd64 (2.12.23-12ubuntu2.6, 2.12.23-12ubuntu2.7), libc6-dev:amd64 (2.19-0ubuntu6.9, 2.19-0ubuntu6.10) End-Date: 2017-03-21 07:11:31 ... Note some people suggesting a reboot will fix - in my case a reboot did not permanently fix the issue, but did give me around 18 hours of stability before performance was too poor to serve operationally. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to eglibc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1674532 Title: glibc update caused NSS ABI break Status in eglibc package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in glibc package in Ubuntu: Fix Committed Status in eglibc source package in Precise: Fix Released Status in glibc source package in Precise: Invalid Status in eglibc source package in Trusty: Fix Released Status in glibc source package in Trusty: Invalid Status in eglibc source package in Xenial: Invalid Status in glibc source package in Xenial: Fix Released Status in eglibc source package in Yakkety: Invalid Status in glibc source package in Yakkety: Invalid Bug description: After installing the libc6_2.19-0ubuntu6.10_amd64_udeb package during the automated install of ubuntu 14.04.5, the system was suddenly unable to resolve hostnames via dns. Installing -0ubuntu6.9 resolved the issue. Reinstalling -ubuntu6.10 broke the system again. I note that -ubuntu6.10 was recently added to the archive. I am currently unable to install Ubuntu 14.04.5. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/+bug/1674532/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp