** Description changed:
The preinst script in libc6 (and variants) contains a sanity check which
is designed to locate improperly-installed components of glibc. Upon
finding such a component, it aborts installation of the package.
- The system is not harmed in any way. The only negative effect is a
- failure to install updates.
+ The system is not harmed in any way by this failure, so DO NOT attempt
+ to "fix" it with dpkg or by moving files by hand. Simply wait for the
+ next update to be available from your local mirror, and install it when
+ it arrives.
There are two problems related to this check:
1. The test contains a bug causing it to be triggered by an unrelated
(valid) library provided by the libpthread20 package.
2. Some users have reported occurrences of /usr/lib/libdl.so.2 and
/usr/lib/libc.so.6 which trigger the check. These files are NOT
provided by any Ubuntu package and their origin is as yet unknown.
For example:
(Reading database ... 160320 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6-dev 2.4-1ubuntu12 (using
.../libc6-dev_2.4-1ubuntu12.2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ...
Preparing to replace libc6 2.4-1ubuntu12 (using
.../libc6_2.4-1ubuntu12.2_i386.deb) ...
Matching libraries: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 /lib/ld-linux.so.2
A copy of glibc was found in an unexpected directory.
It is not safe to upgrade the C library in this situation;
please remove that copy of the C library and try again.
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.4-1ubuntu12.2_i386.deb
(--unpack):
subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.4-1ubuntu12.2_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6-dev:
libc6-dev depends on libc6 (= 2.4-1ubuntu12.2); however:
Version of libc6 on system is 2.4-1ubuntu12.
dpkg: error processing libc6-dev (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
libc6-dev
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libc6 update for Edgy fails due to sanity check
https://launchpad.net/bugs/81125
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