Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > when I tried to upgrade libc6 with apt-get 0.5.3, I encountered a
> Preparing to replace libdb2 2:2.4.14-2.7.7.1.c (using > .../libdb2_2%3a2.7.7-7_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement libdb2 ... > Replacing files in old package libc6 ... At this point anything that's linked against the libraries in libdb2 are broken as the new libc6 hasn't been unpacked yet. > Preparing to replace libstdc++2.10-dev 1:2.95.2-13 (using > .../libstdc++2.10-dev_1%3a2.95.4-0.010407_i386.deb) ... > /usr/bin/perl: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.2' not found (required by > /lib/libdb.so.3) > dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 > dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... > /usr/bin/perl: /lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.2' not found (required by > /lib/libdb.so.3) > dpkg: error processing > /var/cache/apt/archives/libstdc++2.10-dev_1%3a2.95.4-0.010407_i386.deb > (--unpack): > subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 The breakage shows up here. Looks like we need a predependency in libdb2 on the new libc6. -- Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 is out! ( http://www.debian.org/ ) Email: Herbert Xu ~{PmV>HI~} <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt