On 2021-03-07 22:56, Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2021-03-05 14:41 +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote: > > > control: notfound -1 libc6/2.28-10 > > control: found -1 libc6/2.31-9 > > control: severity -1 grave > > > > On 2021-03-04 19:26, Thomas Hahn wrote: > >> Package: libc6 > >> Version: 2.28-10 > >> Severity: normal > >> X-Debbugs-Cc: thah...@t-online.de > >> > >> Dear Maintainer, > >> > >> installed buster, then apt upgrade was also fine, > >> but the following dist-upgrade put the system in a broken state. > >> > >> Preparing to unpack .../62-locales_2.31-9_all.deb ... > >> Unpacking locales (2.31-9) over (2.28-10) ... > >> Preparing to unpack .../63-openssh-server_1%3a8.4p1-4_amd64.deb ... > >> Unpacking openssh-server (1:8.4p1-4) over (1:7.9p1-10+deb10u2) ... > >> Preparing to unpack .../64-libc6_2.31-9_amd64.deb ... > >> whiptail: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.29' not > >> found (required by /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libslang.so.2) > > > > This seems to show that libslang2 has been wrongly unpacked before > > libc6. Do you happen to have the beginning of the log? You can find it > > in /var/log/apt/term.log.* > > > >> debconf: whiptail output the above errors, giving up! > >> Checking for services that may need to be restarted...dpkg: error > >> processing archive > >> /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-I51xYx/64-libc6_2.31-9_amd64.deb (--unpack): > >> new libc6:amd64 package pre-installation script subprocess returned error > >> exit status 255 > >> Selecting previously unselected package libcrypt1:amd64. > >> dpkg: considering deconfiguration of libc6:amd64, which would be broken by > >> installation of libcrypt1:amd64 ... > >> dpkg: yes, will deconfigure libc6:amd64 (broken by libcrypt1:amd64) > >> Preparing to unpack .../65-libcrypt1_1%3a4.4.17-1_amd64.deb ... > >> De-configuring libc6:amd64 (2.28-10) ... > >> Unpacking libcrypt1:amd64 (1:4.4.17-1) ... > >> Errors were encountered while processing: > >> /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-I51xYx/64-libc6_2.31-9_amd64.deb > >> Error: Timeout was reached > >> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > > To unbreak your system the best would be to unpack libc6 manually using > > the following command: > > dpkg -x /var/cache/apt/libc6_2.31-9_amd64.deb / > > No, never do that! This command actually runs "dpkg-deb -x" which, > unlike "dpkg -i", will silently overwrite symlinks to directories on the > filesystem with directories contained in the package. This is very bad > if /lib is a symlink to /usr/lib (the "usrmerge" layout).
Oh I wasn't aware of that, I have fixed broken systems that way, I wasn't aware that it doesn't work for usrmerge systems. Yet another design issue of usrmerge... I guess running the usrmerge script again should fix the system. -- Aurelien Jarno GPG: 4096R/1DDD8C9B aurel...@aurel32.net http://www.aurel32.net
