On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 07:29:22AM +1100, Jonathan Wheelhouse said > Hi > > I get this when running aptitude: > > The following packages will be upgraded: > libc6 locales > 2 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 127 not upgraded. > Need to get 0B/8785kB of archives. After unpacking 4694kB will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] > Writing extended state information... Done > Reading changelogs... Done > Preconfiguring packages ... > (Reading database ... 63087 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace libc6 2.3.2-8 (using .../libc6_2.3.2.ds1-9_i386.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement libc6 ... > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg received a segmentation fault. > Ack! Something bad happened while installing packages. Trying to recover: > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of locales: > locales depends on glibc-2.3.2.ds1-8; however: > Package glibc-2.3.2.ds1-8 is not installed. > dpkg: error processing locales (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > locales > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree > Reading extended state information... Done > > I read libc6 bug reports which suggest that it has the problem but if > I cannot install the new version what do I do?
A .deb is an ar archive containing two tarballs. You can extract the new libc like this: $ ar x libc6_2.3.2.ds1-9_i386.deb which will give you the control.tar.gz and data.tar.gz files. Unpack the data.tar.gz in /: $ cd / && tar -zxvf /tmp/data.tar.gz If this fixes your system, then use dpkg to reinstall libc6_2.3.2.ds1-9_i386.deb so all the control files get updated accordingly. -- Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: cypherpunk corporate security BLU-114/B satellite imagery
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