The problem still occurred on an updated squeeze system as of today noon EST Jun 14th:
Here some info on the issue: r...@vb-debian:~# ldd /sbin/mkfs.ext2 /sbin/mkfs.ext2: /lib/libblkid.so.1: version `BLKID_2.17' not found (required by /sbin/mkfs.ext2) linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb77da000) libext2fs.so.2 => /lib/libext2fs.so.2 (0xb779f000) libcom_err.so.2 => /lib/libcom_err.so.2 (0xb779c000) libblkid.so.1 => /lib/libblkid.so.1 (0xb7788000) libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0xb7784000) libe2p.so.2 => /lib/libe2p.so.2 (0xb777e000) libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7637000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb761e000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb77db000) mkfs/sbin/mkfs.ext2: /lib/libblkid.so.1: version `BLKID_2.17' not found (required by /etc/apt/sources # deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free ========================= WORKAROUND ===================================== As suggested by Ondra Lengal <ondra.len...@gmail.com> (Thanks!) replacing libblkid1_2.17.2-3 via wget and manual install via dpkg -i resolved the problem. r...@vb-debian:/usr/src# wget http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/u/util-linux/libblkid1_2.17.2-3_i3 86.deb r...@vb-debian:/usr/src# dpkg -i libblkid1_2.17.2-3_i386.deb r...@vb-debian:/usr/src# ldd /sbin/mkfs.ext2 linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb77d6000) libext2fs.so.2 => /lib/libext2fs.so.2 (0xb779b000) libcom_err.so.2 => /lib/libcom_err.so.2 (0xb7798000) libblkid.so.1 => /lib/libblkid.so.1 (0xb777b000) libuuid.so.1 => /lib/libuuid.so.1 (0xb7777000) libe2p.so.2 => /lib/libe2p.so.2 (0xb7771000) libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb762a000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7611000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb77d7000) r...@vb-debian:/usr/src# mkfs.ext3 Usage: mkfs.ext3 [-c|-l filename] [-b block-size] [-f fragment-size] [-i bytes-per-inode] [-I inode-size] [-J journal-options] [-G meta group size] [-N number-of-inodes] [-m reserved-blocks-percentage] [-o creator-os] [-g blocks-per-group] [-L volume-label] [-M last-mounted-directory] [-O feature[,...]] [-r fs-revision] [-E extended-option[,...]] [-T fs-type] [-U UUID] [-jnqvFKSV] device [blocks-count] Hope this helps. Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org