Hello, when I tried to upgrade libc6 with apt-get 0.5.3, I encountered a number of problems. As I am not sure what packages are at fault, I will post here, as maybe some other debian developers can comment.
I think resolving these problems is very important if the freeze is to take place any time soon... First attempt, 3 packages failed: snoopy:unstable:/home/bam/tmp# apt-get install libc6 -t unstable Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: binutils cpp cpp-2.95 g++ g++-2.95 gcc gcc-2.95 libc6-dev libdb2 libdb2-dev libdb2-util libstdc++2.10-dev libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 locales The following NEW packages will be installed: cpp-2.95 g++-2.95 gcc-2.95 libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 11 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 625 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/12.7MB of archives. After unpacking 5809kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (Reading database ... 80065 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libdb2-dev 2:2.4.14-2.7.7.1.c (using .../libdb2-dev_2%3a2.7.7-7_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libdb2-dev ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libdb2-dev_2%3a2.7.7-7_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/include/db_185.h', which is also in package libc6-devPreparing to replace libdb2-util 2:2.4.14-2.7.7.1.c (using .../libdb2-util_2%3a2.7.7-7_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libdb2-util ... Preparing to replace libdb2 2:2.4.14-2.7.7.1.c (using .../libdb2_2%3a2.7.7-7_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libdb2 ... Replacing files in old package libc6 ... Preparing to replace locales 2.1.3-18 (using .../locales_2.2.2-4_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement locales ... Selecting previously deselected package libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2. Unpacking libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 (from .../libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_1%3a2.95.4-0.010407_i386.deb) ... Preparing to replace g++ 1:2.95.2-13 (using .../g++_1%3a2.95.3-7_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement g++ ... Preparing to replace gcc 1:2.95.2-13 (using .../gcc_1%3a2.95.3-7_i386.deb) ... Removing old gcc doc directory. Unpacking replacement gcc ... Preparing to replace cpp 1:2.95.2-13 (using .../cpp_1%3a2.95.3-7_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement cpp ... Selecting previously deselected package cpp-2.95. Unpacking cpp-2.95 (from .../cpp-2.95_1%3a2.95.4-0.010407_i386.deb) ... Preparing to replace binutils 2.9.5.0.37-1 (using .../binutils_2.11.90.0.5-1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement binutils ... Selecting previously deselected package gcc-2.95. Unpacking gcc-2.95 (from .../gcc-2.95_1%3a2.95.4-0.010407_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package g++-2.95. Unpacking g++-2.95 (from .../g++-2.95_1%3a2.95.4-0.010407_i386.deb) ... Preparing to replace libstdc++2.10-dev 1:2.95.2-13 (using .../libstdc++2.10-dev_1%3a2.95.4-0.010407_i386.deb) ... /usr/bin/perl: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.2' not found (required by /lib/libdb.so.3) dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... /usr/bin/perl: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.2' not found (required by /lib/libdb.so.3) dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libstdc++2.10-dev_1%3a2.95.4-0.010407_i386.deb (--unpack): subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: regarding .../libc6-dev_2.2.2-4_i386.deb containing libc6-dev: libc6-dev conflicts with libstdc++2.10-dev (<< 1:2.95.2-15) libstdc++2.10-dev (version 1:2.95.2-13) is installed. dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev_2.2.2-4_i386.deb (--unpack): conflicting packages - not installing libc6-dev Preparing to replace libc6 2.1.3-18 (using .../libc6_2.2.2-4_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc6 ... Replacing files in old package ldso ... Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libdb2-dev_2%3a2.7.7-7_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libstdc++2.10-dev_1%3a2.95.4-0.010407_i386.deb /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev_2.2.2-4_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) (I filled a bug report against libdb2-dev about the file conflict). I tend to think libc6 should really have been unpacked before libstdc++2.10-dev. Shouldn't libstdc++2.10 be unpacked somewhere here? next several attempts: apt got confused and didn't know how to fix the damage: snoopy:unstable:/home/bam/tmp# apt-get install libc6-dev -t unstable Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies: g++-2.95: Depends: libstdc++2.10-dev (>= 1:2.95.4) but 1:2.95.2-13 is to be installed libc6-dev: Conflicts: libstdc++2.10-dev (< 1:2.95.2-15) but 1:2.95.2-13 is to be installed libdb2-dev: Depends: libdb2 (= 2:2.4.14-2.7.7.1.c) but 2:2.7.7-7 is to be installed Depends: libdb2-util (= 2:2.4.14-2.7.7.1.c) but 2:2.7.7-7 is to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution). snoopy:unstable:/home/bam/tmp# apt-get -f install Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: liborbit-mt0 The following packages will be REMOVED: build-essential g++ g++-2.95 g-wrap gdk-imlib-dev glutg3-dev imlib-dev libc6-dev libdb2-dev libgdbmg1-dev libgnome-dev libgnome-pilot-dev libgnorba-dev libgtk1.2-dev libgtkxmhtml-dev libgwrapguile-dev libhsync-dev libiodbc2-dev libjpeg62-dev libncurses5-dev liborbitcpp-dev libpam0g-dev libpng2-dev libpopt-dev libreadline4-dev librep-dev libsasl-dev libsdsi-dev libstdc++2.10-dev libtiff3g-dev libtool libungif3g-dev libwrap0-dev libxml2-dev libxmltok1-dev libzvt-dev mesag-dev plib-dev task-c-dev task-debian-devel xlib6g-dev xpm4g-dev zlib1g-dev The following NEW packages will be installed: liborbit-mt0 The following held packages will be changed: libhsync-dev libsasl-dev 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 43 to remove and 46 not upgraded. 12 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 105kB of archives. After unpacking 69.8MB will be freed. (but I deliberately put libhsync-dev and libsasl-dev on hold, because libhsync and libsasl are compiled against stable... Anyway, these didn't need to be changed before.). So I manually invoked dpkg: snoopy:unstable:~# dpkg --configure --pending dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libstdc++2.10-dev: libstdc++2.10-dev depends on libc6-dev (>= 2.1.95); however: Version of libc6-dev on system is 2.1.3-18. dpkg: error processing libstdc++2.10-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of g++-2.95: g++-2.95 depends on libstdc++2.10-dev (>= 1:2.95.4); however: Package libstdc++2.10-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing g++-2.95 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of g++: g++ depends on g++-2.95; however: Package g++-2.95 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing g++ (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up cpp (2.95.3-7) ... Setting up libc6 (2.2.2-4) ... Checking for services that may need to be restarted...done. Name Service Switch has changed in the C Library. Running programs may not be able to do NSS lookups until they are restarted (for services such as ssh, this can affect your ability to login). Note: restarting sshd should not affect any existing connections. The services detected are: inetd lprng slapd cron apache ssh If other services begin to fail mysteriously after this upgrade, it may be necessary to restart them too. Do you wish to Restart Services? [Y/n] y Restarting services possibly affected by the upgrade: inetd: stopping...starting...done. lprng: stopping...starting...FAILED! (35) slapd: stopping...starting...done. cron: stopping...starting...done. apache: stopping...starting...done. ssh: stopping...starting...done. The following services failed to start: lprng You will need to start these manually by running `/etc/init.d/<service> start' If the service still fails to start, you may need to file a bug on libc6 or the service involved. Press ENTER to continue: Current default timezone: 'Australia/Melbourne'. Local time is now: Wed Apr 25 12:48:08 EST 2001. Universal Time is now: Wed Apr 25 02:48:08 UTC 2001. Run 'tzconfig' if you wish to change it. Setting up binutils (2.11.90.0.5-1) ... Setting up locales (2.2.2-4) ... Installing new version of config file /etc/locale.alias ... WARNING: The locales package no longer supplies precompiled versions of the locale definitions. Instead, you must uncomment the definitions you want in /etc/locale.gen, and run the `locale-gen' program as root. Each time the locales package is upgraded, these definitions will automatically be regenerated. If you wish, you can type ^Z (CTRL+Z) now to background this install, edit /etc/locale.gen, and type `fg' when done, so that locales will be generated now. NOTE: If you do not generate locales, you will not be able to properly see 8bit character sets. Press [ENTER] to continue: Generating locales... en_US.ISO-8859-1... done Generation complete. Setting up libdb2 (2.7.7-7) ... Setting up libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 (2.95.4-0.010407) ... Setting up cpp-2.95 (2.95.4-0.010407) ... Setting up libdb2-util (2.7.7-7) ... Setting up gcc (2.95.3-7) ... Setting up gcc-2.95 (2.95.4-0.010407) ... Errors were encountered while processing: libstdc++2.10-dev g++-2.95 g++ looking better. Still now sure why lprng is broken, will investigate latter: snoopy:unstable:~# /etc/init.d/lprng stop Stopping printer spooler: lprng. snoopy:unstable:~# /etc/init.d/lprng start Starting printer spooler: snoopy:unstable:~# Now to solve these problems: snoopy:unstable:~# dpkg --configure --pending dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libstdc++2.10-dev: libstdc++2.10-dev depends on libc6-dev (>= 2.1.95); however: Version of libc6-dev on system is 2.1.3-18. dpkg: error processing libstdc++2.10-dev (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of g++-2.95: g++-2.95 depends on libstdc++2.10-dev (>= 1:2.95.4); however: Package libstdc++2.10-dev is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing g++-2.95 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of g++: g++ depends on g++-2.95; however: Package g++-2.95 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing g++ (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: libstdc++2.10-dev g++-2.95 g++ snoopy:unstable:~# dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6-dev_2.2.2-4_i386.deb (Reading database ... 80022 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libc6-dev 2.1.3-18 (using .../libc6-dev_2.2.2-4_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ... Setting up libc6-dev (2.2.2-4) ... looks much better: snoopy:unstable:~# dpkg --configure --pending Setting up g++-2.95 (2.95.4-0.010407) ... Setting up libstdc++2.10-dev (2.95.4-0.010407) ... Setting up g++ (2.95.3-7) ... My guess is that lprng in stable is broken, and I have to upgrade to unstable to get it working: snoopy:unstable:~# lpd -D10 -F 2001-04-25-13:01:39 [7636] lpd Initialize: starting 2001-04-25-13:01:39 [7636] lpd Initialize: /dev/null fd 3 2001-04-25-13:01:39 [7636] lpd initsetproctitle: doing setup 2001-04-25-13:01:39 [7636] lpd malloc_or_die: size 76, addr 0x80a3bd8, file './common/proctitle.c', line 251 2001-04-25-13:01:39 [7636] lpd malloc_or_die: size 10, addr 0x80a3c28, file './common/proctitle.c', line 253 2001-04-25-13:01:39 [7636] lpd malloc_or_die: size 7, addr 0x80a3c38, file './common/proctitle.c', line 253 2001-04-25-13:01:39 [7636] lpd malloc_or_die: size 16, addr 0x80a3c48, file './common/proctitle.c', line 253 2001-04-25-13:01:39 [7636] lpd malloc_or_die: size 22, addr 0x80a3c60, file './common/proctitle.c', line 253 2001-04-25-13:01:39 [7636] lpd malloc_or_die: size 10, addr 0x80a3c80, file './common/proctitle.c', line 253 2001-04-25-13:01:39 [7636] lpd malloc_or_die: size 27, addr 0x80a3c90, file './common/proctitle.c', line 253 2001-04-25-13:01:39 [7636] lpd malloc_or_die: size 26, addr 0x80a3cb0, file './common/proctitle.c', line 253 2001-04-25-13:01:39 [7636] lpd malloc_or_die: size 22, addr 0x80a3cd0, file './common/proctitle.c', line 253 2001-04-25-13:01:39 [7636] lpd malloc_or_die: size 7, addr 0x80a3cf0, file './common/proctitle.c', line 253 Segmentation fault Not sure about slapd. Perhaps it needs recompiling for unstable too? Apr 25 13:00:44 snoopy slapd[7624]: ldbm: ==> environment not created using DB_THREAD [...] Apr 25 13:01:01 snoopy slapd[7625]: ldbm: ==> DB_DUPSORT requires DB_DUP what does that mean? Anyway, not an urgent problem (I have a stable chroot which I can run slapd from for now), but am curious what the proper fix is. Now apt-get is happy: snoopy:unstable:/home/bam/tmp# apt-get -f install -t unstable Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libdb2-dev 1 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 625 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/190kB of archives. After unpacking 2130kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y (Reading database ... 80185 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libdb2-dev 2:2.4.14-2.7.7.1.c (using .../libdb2-dev_2%3a2.7.7-7_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libdb2-dev ... Setting up libdb2-dev (2.7.7-7) ... Any comments? -- Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>