Patch was posted yesterday and the bug is fixed in -5. c.
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 03:56:11PM +0100, Ferdinand Smit wrote: > Package: libc6 > Version: 2.3.1-4 > > The upgrade op libc6 gives the folowing errors: > > Setting up libc6 (2.3.1-4) ... > Checking for services that may need to be restarted...Package `smail' is not > installed and no info is available. > Package `ssh-nonfree' is not installed and no info is available. > Package `postfix-tls' is not installed and no info is available. > Package `slapd' is not installed and no info is available. > Package `logind' is not installed and no info is available. > Package `ssh-krb5' is not installed and no info is available. > Package `apache2' is not installed and no info is available. > Package `courier-authdaemon' is not installed and no info is available. > Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, > and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. > sed: can't read exim: No such file or directory > sed: can't read ssh: No such file or directory > sed: can't read netbase: No such file or directory > sed: can't read cron: No such file or directory > sed: can't read snmpd: No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing libc6 (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 > dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of locales: > locales depends on glibc-2.3.1-4; however: > Package glibc-2.3.1-4 is not installed. > Package libc6 which provides glibc-2.3.1-4 is not configured yet. > dpkg: error processing locales (--configure): > dependency problems - leaving unconfigured > Errors were encountered while processing: > libc6 > locales > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > > > ---- > The problem is a little typo/bug in the libc6.postinst. > See the attachement for a patch. > > Yours, > Ferdinand Smit -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

