I had a simmilar problem when updateing from 14.04 to 14.10. instalation of libc6-2.19.10ubutnu2.3 over libc6-2.19.0ubutnu6.6 stuck in half configureg state beacuse the whole system froze. I'm not sure what is the cause of the problem but I did manage to fix it by running the system in recoevry mode and running dpkg --configure -a. It;s worth mentioning that I use a custom kernel (3.18) i thought it might be the problem so to be sure i ran the ubuntu certified kernel for recovery.
That solved the problem. I belive that upgrading libc6 in recovery mode isn't reqiered so i guess this is to be considerd a bug -- 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/1269774 Title: Freeze at "setting up libc6:i386 (2.18.0ubuntu6)...." Status in eglibc package in Ubuntu: Expired Bug description: Trusty installation output: ************* Extracting templates from packages: 100% Preconfiguring packages ... Setting up gcc-4.8-base:i386 (4.8.2-14ubuntu1) ... Selecting previously unselected package libc6:i386 dpkg: warning: files list file forpackage 'libhttp-date-perllibc6' missing; assuming package has no files currently installed Reading database .... Unpacking libc6:i386 (from .../libc6 2.18-Oubuntu6_i386.deb) ... Setting up libc6:i386 (2.18-0ubuntu6) ... ************* Then the whole system is frozen: lost mouse, keyboard, menus, .... After a new cold boot, dpkg warn to run "sudo dpkg --configure -a" , but it freeze again the system. I'm able to unlock the situation by purging the borked entries into /var/lib/dpkg/status & available & /updates/. All i get is a bunch of broken packages that fail again to reinstall when libc6 is called by the upgrading processes. Googling around that "libhttp-date-perllibc6" package does not help, as it seems a very new issue. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/+bug/1269774/+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
