Public bug reported: When trying to create a minimal oneiric install from a natty release, I get this error:
leonardo@debby: sudo debootstrap oneiric oneiric [ ... lots of Extracting here ... ] I: Extracting xz-utils... I: Extracting zlib1g... I: Installing core packages... W: Failure trying to run: chroot /home/leonardo/oneiric dpkg --force-depends --install /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.13-9ubuntu2_amd64.deb If i try to chroot and execute the dpkg command line I get: root@debby:/# dpkg --force-depends --install /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.13-9ubuntu2_amd64.deb (Reading database ... 668 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace libc6 2.13-9ubuntu2 (using .../libc6_2.13-9ubuntu2_amd64.deb) ... debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 75.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline debconf: (Can't locate Term/ReadLine.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.12.4 /usr/local/share/perl/5.12.4 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.12 /usr/share/perl/5.12 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Readline.pm line 7.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype Unpacking replacement libc6 ... dpkg: libc6: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested: libc6 depends on libc-bin (= 2.13-9ubuntu2); however: Package libc-bin is not installed. libc6 depends on libgcc1; however: Package libgcc1 is not installed. libc6 depends on tzdata; however: Package tzdata is not installed. Setting up libc6 (2.13-9ubuntu2) ... debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 75.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Readline debconf: (Can't locate Term/ReadLine.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /etc/perl /usr/local/lib/perl/5.12.4 /usr/local/share/perl/5.12.4 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.12 /usr/share/perl/5.12 /usr/local/lib/site_perl .) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Readline.pm line 7.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Teletype touch: cannot touch `/var/run/init.upgraded': No such file or directory dpkg: error processing libc6 (--install): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: libc6 And it seems that /var/run is missing: root@debby:/# ls /var backups cache lib local log mail opt spool tmp If I "mkdir /var/run" then I am able to install libc6 and finish oneiric installation with dpkg. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: debootstrap 1.0.29ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2 Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Jul 9 14:38:42 2011 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha amd64 (20100803.1) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=it_IT:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: debootstrap UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-21 (78 days ago) ** Affects: debootstrap (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug natty running-unity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/807974 Title: debootstrap fails to install libc6 installing oneiric from natty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debootstrap/+bug/807974/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs