Aurelien Jarno wrote: > The file comes from libc6-i686 version 2.6.1-1. According to the symlink > it has been installed on 2007-08-21 (ie the date it migrates to > testing).
In fact this system was installed on that day. > Could you please look to /var/log/dpkg.log.* if you see a > mention of libc6-i686 around this date? ~$ zcat /var/log/dpkg.log.2.gz | grep libc6 2007-08-21 13:36:53 install libc6 <none> 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:36:53 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:36:54 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:36:54 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:36:54 status installed libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:00 upgrade libc6 2.6.1-1 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:00 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:00 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:00 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:00 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:00 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:00 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:02 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:02 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:02 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:02 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:02 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:02 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:02 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:37:03 status installed libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:09 install libc6 <none> 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:09 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:09 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:09 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:10 status installed libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:20 upgrade libc6 2.6.1-1 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:20 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:20 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:20 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:25 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:25 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:25 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:25 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:25 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:25 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:25 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 13:42:25 status installed libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 15:24:13 install libc6-dev <ingen> 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 15:24:13 status half-installed libc6-dev 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 15:24:13 status unpacked libc6-dev 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 15:24:13 status unpacked libc6-dev 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 15:25:17 status unpacked libc6-dev 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 15:25:18 status half-configured libc6-dev 2.6.1-1 2007-08-21 15:25:18 status installed libc6-dev 2.6.1-1 2007-08-27 08:40:16 upgrade libc6-dev 2.6.1-1 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:40:16 status half-configured libc6-dev 2.6.1-1 2007-08-27 08:40:16 status unpacked libc6-dev 2.6.1-1 2007-08-27 08:40:16 status half-installed libc6-dev 2.6.1-1 2007-08-27 08:40:17 status half-installed libc6-dev 2.6.1-1 2007-08-27 08:40:18 status unpacked libc6-dev 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:40:18 status unpacked libc6-dev 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:40:18 upgrade libc6 2.6.1-1 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:40:18 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-27 08:40:18 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-27 08:40:18 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-27 08:40:19 status half-installed libc6 2.6.1-1 2007-08-27 08:40:19 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:40:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:40:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:40:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:40:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:40:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:40:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:40:20 status unpacked libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:40:20 status half-configured libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:40:32 status installed libc6 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:41:06 status unpacked libc6-dev 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:41:06 status half-configured libc6-dev 2.6.1-1+b1 2007-08-27 08:41:06 status installed libc6-dev 2.6.1-1+b1 But it seems libc6-i686 was actually installed on the system: ~$ ls /usr/share/doc/libc6-i686/ changelog.Debian.gz copyright log-test-i686-linux-i686.gz ~$ ls -ld /usr/share/doc/libc6-i686 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 2007-08-21 13:05 /usr/share/doc/libc6-i686/ The time stamp seems to indicate that it was installed by the installer. ~$ sudo grep -C1 libc6-i686 /var/log/installer/* /var/log/installer/syslog-Aug 21 11:26:57 apt-install: Queueing package acpid for later installation /var/log/installer/syslog:Aug 21 11:26:58 apt-install: Queueing package libc6-i686 for later installation /var/log/installer/syslog-Aug 21 11:26:58 hw-detect: Missing modules 'ide-core (Linux IDE support), usb-storage (USB storage), ide-generic (Linux IDE support), ide-floppy (Linux IDE floppy), ide-disk (Linux ATA DISK), ide-cd (Linux ATAPI CD-ROM), isofs (Linux ISO 9660 filesystem) -- /var/log/installer/syslog-Aug 21 11:39:20 apt-install: Rekommenderade paket: /var/log/installer/syslog:Aug 21 11:39:20 apt-install: libc6-i686 /var/log/installer/syslog-Aug 21 11:39:20 apt-install: Följande NYA paket kommer att installeras: -- /var/log/installer/syslog-Aug 21 11:43:27 apt-install: Rekommenderade paket: /var/log/installer/syslog:Aug 21 11:43:27 apt-install: libc6-i686 /var/log/installer/syslog-Aug 21 11:43:27 apt-install: Följande NYA paket kommer att installeras: