Public bug reported:
I'm trying to install linux-headers-2.6.28-9-generic on my 8.10 box (I
yanked 2.6.28 out of the jaunty repos using apt-get, which is working
great). When I was trying to install linux-headers-2.6.28-9-generic via
apt-get, it kept wanting to upgrade libc6 to 2.9 (which I believe is a
result of the same dependency checking error issue outlined below).
linux-headers-2.6.28-9-generic wants libc6 (>= 2.8). I have
libc6-2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9 installed, which IMHO should fulfill the
dependency check.
I don't quite understand where the bug is here, I'm not sure if it's a
bug in the version string being matched against in linux-
headers-2.6.28-9-generic, or if it's a more fundamental issue with how
dpkg does version comparison to determine dependency requirement status.
(I'm wondering if the tilde is causing a regex to misbehave)
Please let me know if any other information is needed.
chapterth...@home:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.10
Release: 8.10
chapterth...@home:~$ uname -a
Linux home 2.6.28-9-generic #31-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 11 15:43:49 UTC 2009 x86_64
GNU/Linux
chapterth...@home:~$ sudo dpkg -i
/data/src/linux-headers-2.6.28-9-generic_2.6.28-9.31_amd64.deb
Selecting previously deselected package linux-headers-2.6.28-9-generic.
(Reading database ... 158990 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking linux-headers-2.6.28-9-generic (from
linux-headers-2.6.28-9-generic_2.6.28-9.31_amd64.deb) ...
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of
linux-headers-2.6.28-9-generic:
linux-headers-2.6.28-9-generic depends on libc6 (>= 2.8); however:
Version of libc6 on system is 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu9.
dpkg: error processing linux-headers-2.6.28-9-generic (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
linux-headers-2.6.28-9-generic
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Dependency checking for libc6 (>= 2.8) not working
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/343085
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