On Mon, May 06, 2024 at 05:37:37PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Mon, 2024-05-06 at 13:02 +0200, Jan Krčmář wrote: > > Package: libc6 > > Version: 2.28-10+deb10u3 > > > > Upgrading the system (Debian 10/Buster) causes corrupted system, > > ending with kernel panic and unbootable system. > > > [...] > > The following packages will be upgraded: > > apt apt-transport-https apt-utils base-files ca-certificates > > The fact that APT is being upgraded here seems strange - APT hasn't > changed in buster for 3 years. What's your base system?
There's also > > Unpacking base-files (10.3+deb10u13) over (10.3+deb10u5) ... That's outdated since September 2020. > > Unpacking libc6:amd64 (2.28-10+deb10u3) over (2.28-10+deb10u2) ... > > Replaced by files in installed package libcrypt1:amd64 (1:4.4.18-4) > > ... > > This, on the other hand, looks like you've done something odd to your > system. libcrypt1 doesn't exist until bullseye, so at some point you > have partially upgraded your base system. In conjunction with your pre- > upgrade system apparently having an APT version that's /older/ than the > one in buster, this feels odd. There is related nastiness with partial upgrades from buster to bullseye, see the last two items at [1]. I am not sure whether it is the root cause here, but it's at least plausible that not being able to have the Breaks in libcrypt1 causes problems for such partially upgraded systems. > Regards, > > Adam cu Adrian [1] https://tracker.debian.org/news/1239066/accepted-libxcrypt-14418-3-source-into-unstable/
