apt-get fails with segmentation fault
 

Running apt-get fails. Below is partial output, it goes down hill from
there. Any ideas?



# apt-get -u upgrade

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree

Reading state information... Done

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

16 not fully installed or removed.

After this operation, 0B of additional disk space will be used.

Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y

Setting up libc6-i686 (2.7-10ubuntu4) ...

Segmentation fault

dpkg: error processing libc6-i686 (--configure):

subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139





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apt-get fails with segmentation fault
 

On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 19:35 -0600, Robert Steinmetz wrote:
> Setting up libc6-i686 (2.7-10ubuntu4) ...
> Segmentation fault
> dpkg: error processing libc6-i686 (--configure):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139

Which version of Ubuntu do you use?
Did you do an apt-get update before the apt-get upgrade?

FWIW, this seems similar to or the same as this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/220762
Colin Watson speculates that the same bug might be in 8.10 (Intrepid),
but they are not sure. If you use 8.10, you might want to add this info.


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Mario Vukelic wrote:

On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 19:35 -0600, Robert Steinmetz wrote:


Setting up libc6-i686 (2.7-10ubuntu4) ...
Segmentation fault
dpkg: error processing libc6-i686 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139



Which version of Ubuntu do you use?


8.04 - I was avoiding 8.10 and staying with LTS,

Did you do an apt-get update before the apt-get upgrade?


The problem started with a routine update using update-manager. So yes
there was an update before the upgrade.

FWIW, this seems similar to or the same as this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/220762
Colin Watson speculates that the same bug might be in 8.10 (Intrepid),
but they are not sure. If you use 8.10, you might want to add this info.

Similar, possibly the same. The only solution I have found says to
remove libc6 and a whole bunch of dependencies, which looks like it
would leave the system almost non functional.



It seems to be a regression.

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apt-get fails with segmentation fault
 

Mario Vukelic wrote:

> On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 19:35 -0600, Robert Steinmetz wrote:
>> Setting up libc6-i686 (2.7-10ubuntu4) ...
>> Segmentation fault
>> dpkg: error processing libc6-i686 (--configure):
>> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139

It's a fairly common problem - less now than it used to be. Just remove
libc6-i686 (you don't need it), complete your install, and reinstall
libc6-i686.

And Robert - please don't post in HTML. I only responded because Mario went
to the trouble of cleaning up your post (well, maybe it was Mario's
computer that went to the trouble, but I tell mine not to read HTML).
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dpkg --configure -a , remove it , then update , upgrade . worked for me.

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Mario Spinthiras wrote:

> dpkg --configure -a , remove it , then update , upgrade . worked for me.

You should, however, reinstall libc6-i686 afterwards - it provides
optimizations for newer processors (read: not-nearly-so-old-as-i386!)
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