Tried to install the latest libc6.1 this evening, and ran into an issue with the "libcrypt1" installation. Specifically, "perl" is looking for "libcrypt.so.1.1", and after the new "libcrypt1" package gets installed, the following library and symlinks exist under "/usr/lib/alpha-linux-gnu":
libcrypt.so -> libcrypt.so.1.1.0 libcrypt.so.1 -> libcrypt.so.1.1.0 libcrypt.so.1.1.0 Without a "libcrypt.so.1.1" symlink, the new "libc6.1" package and its dependencies cannot be configured. Adding the symlink and then running "dpkg --configure -a" takes care of the problem. --Bob