On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 05:32:21PM +0200, Thibault Manlay wrote: > Package: libc6 > Version: 2.10.2-9 > Severity: critical > Tags: squeeze > Justification: breaks the whole system > > I recently upgraded libc* (libc-bin, libc6) from 2.10.2-9 to 2.11.1-3 on > squeeze and the upgrade crashed at this moment: > > Preparing to replace libc6 2.10.2-9 (using .../libc6_2.11.1-3_i386.deb) ... > Checking for services that may need to be restarted... > Checking init scripts... > Unpacking replacement libc6 ... > /bin/sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_GB.UTF-8) > Setting up libc6 (2.11.1-3) ... > /bin/sh: warning: setlocale: LC_ALL: cannot change locale (en_GB.UTF-8) > dpkg: error processing libc6 (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script killed by signal (Segmentation > fault) > Errors were encountered while processing: > libc6 > > and the whole system was broken (any command returned a segmentation fault). > Since I have been able to downgrade the two packages libc6 and libc-bin to > their previous version (2.10.2-9). > > I tried then to reproduce this behaviour on a virtual machine unsuccessfully > first but I finally managed to reproduce it by upgrading every packet to their > last version on the repository and then upgrade libc* packages. I join here > the > diff between before and after the massive upgrade. >
This is not something reproducible here. Would it be possible to get a copy of this virtual machine? -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 1024D/F1BCDB73 aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org