Bug#946599: libcrypt1: failure to switch from libc6 to libcrypt1 hoses the whole system

[Marco d'Itri]

On Dec 12, Thorsten Glaser <t.gla...@tarent.de> wrote:

> I did a dist-upgrade, and apt uses a different resolver than apt-get,
> but… perhaps the apt maintainers can help trying to figure this out?
I have tried "apt-get --purge dist-upgrade" too and it still does not 
fail on my system.

Can you report this from your dpkg.log?

root@TMP19396:~# egrep '(libc6|libcrypt)' /var/log/dpkg.log 
2019-12-12 18:28:46 install libc6:amd64 <none> 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:28:46 status half-installed libc6:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:28:47 status unpacked libc6:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:28:47 configure libc6:amd64 2.28-10 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:28:47 status half-configured libc6:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:28:48 status installed libc6:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:28:57 upgrade libc6:amd64 2.28-10 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:28:57 status half-configured libc6:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:28:57 status unpacked libc6:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:28:57 status half-installed libc6:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:28:58 status unpacked libc6:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:29:11 configure libc6:amd64 2.28-10 <none>
2019-12-12 18:29:11 status unpacked libc6:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:29:11 status half-configured libc6:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:29:11 status installed libc6:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:29:30 install libc6-dev:amd64 <none> 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:29:30 status half-installed libc6-dev:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:29:30 status unpacked libc6-dev:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:29:37 configure libc6-dev:amd64 2.28-10 <none>
2019-12-12 18:29:37 status unpacked libc6-dev:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:29:37 status half-configured libc6-dev:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 18:29:37 status installed libc6-dev:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-12 19:31:43 install libc6:i386 <none> 2.28-10
2019-12-12 19:31:43 status half-installed libc6:i386 2.28-10
2019-12-12 19:31:44 status unpacked libc6:i386 2.28-10
2019-12-12 19:31:44 configure libc6:i386 2.28-10 <none>
2019-12-12 19:31:44 status unpacked libc6:i386 2.28-10
2019-12-12 19:31:44 status half-configured libc6:i386 2.28-10
2019-12-12 19:31:46 status installed libc6:i386 2.28-10
2019-12-13 16:52:18 upgrade libc6:i386 2.28-10 2.29-6
2019-12-13 16:52:18 status half-configured libc6:i386 2.28-10
2019-12-13 16:52:18 status unpacked libc6:i386 2.28-10
2019-12-13 16:52:18 status half-configured libc6:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-13 16:52:18 status half-installed libc6:i386 2.28-10
2019-12-13 16:52:19 status unpacked libc6:i386 2.29-6
2019-12-13 16:52:19 upgrade libc6:amd64 2.28-10 2.29-6
2019-12-13 16:52:19 status unpacked libc6:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-13 16:52:19 status half-installed libc6:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-13 16:52:20 status unpacked libc6:amd64 2.29-6
2019-12-13 16:52:20 install libcrypt1:amd64 <none> 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 16:52:20 status half-installed libcrypt1:amd64 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 16:52:20 status unpacked libcrypt1:amd64 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 16:52:20 install libcrypt1:i386 <none> 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 16:52:20 status half-installed libcrypt1:i386 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 16:52:20 status unpacked libcrypt1:i386 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 16:52:20 configure libcrypt1:amd64 1:4.4.10-5 <none>
2019-12-13 16:52:20 status unpacked libcrypt1:amd64 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 16:52:20 status half-configured libcrypt1:amd64 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 16:52:20 status installed libcrypt1:amd64 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 16:52:20 configure libc6:amd64 2.29-6 <none>
2019-12-13 16:52:20 status unpacked libc6:amd64 2.29-6
2019-12-13 16:52:20 status half-configured libc6:amd64 2.29-6
2019-12-13 16:52:21 status installed libc6:amd64 2.29-6
2019-12-13 16:52:21 configure libcrypt1:i386 1:4.4.10-5 <none>
2019-12-13 16:52:21 status unpacked libcrypt1:i386 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 16:52:21 status half-configured libcrypt1:i386 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 16:52:21 status installed libcrypt1:i386 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 16:52:21 configure libc6:i386 2.29-6 <none>
2019-12-13 16:52:21 status unpacked libc6:i386 2.29-6
2019-12-13 16:52:21 status half-configured libc6:i386 2.29-6
2019-12-13 16:52:23 status installed libc6:i386 2.29-6
2019-12-13 16:52:23 upgrade libc6-dev:amd64 2.28-10 2.29-6
2019-12-13 16:52:23 status half-configured libc6-dev:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-13 16:52:23 status unpacked libc6-dev:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-13 16:52:23 status half-installed libc6-dev:amd64 2.28-10
2019-12-13 16:52:23 status unpacked libc6-dev:amd64 2.29-6
2019-12-13 16:52:23 install libcrypt1-dev:amd64 <none> 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 16:52:23 status half-installed libcrypt1-dev:amd64 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 16:52:23 status unpacked libcrypt1-dev:amd64 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 15:52:47 configure libcrypt1-dev:amd64 1:4.4.10-5 <none>
2019-12-13 15:52:47 status unpacked libcrypt1-dev:amd64 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 15:52:47 status half-configured libcrypt1-dev:amd64 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 15:52:47 status installed libcrypt1-dev:amd64 1:4.4.10-5
2019-12-13 15:52:48 configure libc6-dev:amd64 2.29-6 <none>
2019-12-13 15:52:48 status unpacked libc6-dev:amd64 2.29-6
2019-12-13 15:52:48 status half-configured libc6-dev:amd64 2.29-6
2019-12-13 15:52:48 status installed libc6-dev:amd64 2.29-6
root@TMP19396:~#

-- 
ciao,
Marco

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