Comment 3 for bug 20792

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Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 18:22:34 +0200
From: Aurelien Jarno <email address hidden>
To: Michael Schmitz <email address hidden>,
 <email address hidden>
Subject: Re: Bug#326220: libc6 2.3.5 ldconfig segfaults on powerpc oldworld

Michael Schmitz a �it :
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.5-6
> Severity: serious
> Architecture: powerpc
>
> Subject says it: while upgrading from a rather dated testing install
> (around Apr. 05) with libc6 2.2.5-11.8 to current testing, a number of
> things went wrong.

I am running unstable on an Oldworld PowerMac, kernel 2.6.8, and I don't
have any problem.

Your system looks older than a testing from April 2005. libc6 version
2.2.5-11.8 is a libc6 from Woody, an Debian does not support direct
Woody -> Etch upgrade.

> Most notably, upon unpacking libc6 2.3.5-6, the libc6 postinstall failed
> with ldconfig segfaulting. This error, in the middle of an upgrade that
> required Force-LoopBreak, left me unable to recover normally. I forced the
> upgrade to proceed hoping some other package yet to be installed would
> restore normal ldconfig function, to no avail.
>
> Unpacking the old 2.2.5-11.8 ldconfig, however, fixed my system perfectly.
>
> Synopsis:
>
> broken ldconfig: from libc6 2.3.5-6 (perhaps earlier versions are also
> affected)
>
> working ldconfig: from libc6 2.2.5-11.8
>
> kernel version: 2.2.20-pmac (Debian package, unknown version)

This is a rather old version, not even available in Debian Sarge.

I suggest you to upgrade to Debian Sarge first (and also your kernel to
a 2.4 or 2.6 version), before trying to upgrade to testing or unstable.

Bye,
Aurelien

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