Public bug reported: I cannot upgrade to the current impish, getting the following error (even in a root shell in recovery mode):
$ sudo apt --fix-broken install Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading state information... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following additional packages will be installed: libc6 linux-headers-lowlatency linux-lowlatency The following packages will be upgraded: libc6 linux-headers-lowlatency linux-lowlatency 3 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1855 not upgraded. 8 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0 B/3032 kB of archives. After this operation, 391 kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] locale: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.34' not found (required by locale) Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... 683369 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.34-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb ... locale: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.34' not found (required by locale) Checking for services that may need to be restarted... Checking init scripts... Checking for services that may need to be restarted... Checking init scripts... Stopping some services possibly affected by the upgrade (will be restarted later): Unpacking libc6:amd64 (2.34-0ubuntu2) over (2.33-0ubuntu5) ... dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.34-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb (--unpack): unable to open '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2.dpkg-new': Text file busy Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.34-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) There is no actual file '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld- linux-x86-64.so.2.dpkg-new' left after the aborted install. Renaming the file '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2' manually turns out to be a rather bad idea. Not found a recipe to get past that so far. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.04 Package: libc6 2.33-0ubuntu5 [modified: usr/share/doc/libc6/NEWS.gz usr/share/doc/libc6/changelog.Debian.gz usr/share/lintian/overrides/libc6] ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-14.14-lowlatency 5.13.1 Uname: Linux 5.13.0-14-lowlatency x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu65.1 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Thu Sep 9 12:51:28 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2011-10-14 (3617 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111011) SourcePackage: glibc UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: glibc (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug hirsute -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1943124 Title: Upgrade fails due to "text file busy" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/1943124/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs