Package: libc6 Version: 2.1.3-10 In libc6 postinst, updatercd() is called to install devpts stuff in /etc/rcS.d It does a 'cd /etc/rc$1.d' ($1="S") without checking if that dir already exists.
This breaks upgrades from 1.3.1 in which /etc/rcS.d doesn't exist yet. libc6 postinst terminates unsuccessfully and apt refuses to do anything else. /etc/rcS.d is provided by the sysvinit package, but that pre-depends on libc6 which doesn't help things. Fix is super-easy: 'mkdir -p /etc/rc$1.d' before 'cd /etc/rc$1.d' Regards, Anne Bezemer
