[Bug 1086548] Re: libc-bin/libc6 inverted deps causes nss to fail and can make dpkg-statoverride explode, killing the upgrade

2012-12-10 Thread Brian Murray
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = Medium -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1086548 Title: libc-bin/libc6 inverted deps causes nss to fail and can make

[Bug 1086548] Re: libc-bin/libc6 inverted deps causes nss to fail and can make dpkg-statoverride explode, killing the upgrade

2012-12-05 Thread Michael Vogt
Hi, looking at the logs it seems to be relatively specific to the setup in use. Adding a workaround is easy enough for the specific case, I attached it here. Making this general is a bit more tricky, but would involve scanning /etc/passwd and /etc/group and then comparing that to the dpkg-

[Bug 1086548] Re: libc-bin/libc6 inverted deps causes nss to fail and can make dpkg-statoverride explode, killing the upgrade

2012-12-05 Thread Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot
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[Bug 1086548] Re: libc-bin/libc6 inverted deps causes nss to fail and can make dpkg-statoverride explode, killing the upgrade

2012-12-04 Thread James Troup
FWIW, I worked around this by manually deleting the NSS based group from /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride. Adam tells me the inverted libc6/libc-bin dependency has been fixed in raring. He's understandably queasy about doing that kind of a change as an SRU. Other ways this could be fixed/worked