** Description changed: - The bug described in - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1269405 , - https://bugs.launchpad.net/eglibc/+bug/1269483 , - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eglibc/+bug/1269500 , - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/1269669 and/or - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1271440 is still - there. + This bug was first described in bug #1269405 , bug #1269483 , bug #1269500 , and bug #1269669. + It affects users trying to install/upgrade libc6 using dpkg, and in my case occurred during an upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04. - In bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1269731 it - says it was fixed in upstart 1.11-0ubuntu2, but as of upstart - 1.12.1-0ubuntu1, it's still there. + bug #1271440 describes a similar problem, where the package is not + libc6, but libselinux. - To install libc6, one has to add a fake telinit binary to the path, as - described in one of the tickets. + A workaround for the issue is described in bug #1269731. A fake telinit + binary linking to /bin/true can be temporarily added to the beginning of + $PATH, so that it's run instead of the real telinit in that console + session. This is an umbrella ticket filed just to get the bug reopened. Please see the other tickets for details, attachments, screenshots etc.
** Description changed: This bug was first described in bug #1269405 , bug #1269483 , bug #1269500 , and bug #1269669. It affects users trying to install/upgrade libc6 using dpkg, and in my case occurred during an upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04. bug #1271440 describes a similar problem, where the package is not libc6, but libselinux. - A workaround for the issue is described in bug #1269731. A fake telinit - binary linking to /bin/true can be temporarily added to the beginning of - $PATH, so that it's run instead of the real telinit in that console - session. + A workaround for the issue is described in + https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1269731/comments/32 + . This is an umbrella ticket filed just to get the bug reopened. Please see the other tickets for details, attachments, screenshots etc. ** Description changed: This bug was first described in bug #1269405 , bug #1269483 , bug #1269500 , and bug #1269669. It affects users trying to install/upgrade libc6 using dpkg, and in my case occurred during an upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04. bug #1271440 describes a similar problem, where the package is not libc6, but libselinux. A workaround for the issue is described in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1269731/comments/32 - . + . It involves temporarily redirecting calls to telinit to /bin/true. This is an umbrella ticket filed just to get the bug reopened. Please see the other tickets for details, attachments, screenshots etc. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1303139 Title: Kernel panic when dpkg attempts to install libc6 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1303139/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
