I've not managed to consistently reproduce the error, and as mentioned the error didn't occur on another identically configured netbook. I'm now reasonably certain the error was caused by some dodgy RAM as I've encountered several similar segfaults on the first netbook which don't occur on the second one, hence I'm happy to close the ticket as invalid.
** Changed in: eglibc (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- package libc-bin 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/588527 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs