Debian Bug report logs - #626457
libc6 doesn't include lib64 symlink on amd64

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Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>

Subject: libc6 doesn't include lib64 symlink on amd64

Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 08:23:45 +0200

Package: libc6
Version: 2.13-3
Severity: critical
Tags: sid

The 2.13-3 version of libc6 doesn't include the lib64 symlink (in root and in /usr), thus making the system unusable (and blocking dpkg in the middle of operations).

Restoring the symlink solve the problem.

ciao
	cate


-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.39-rc7 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages libc6 depends on:
ii  libc-bin                      2.13-3     Embedded GNU C Library: Binaries
ii  libgcc1                       1:4.6.0-7  GCC support library

libc6 recommends no packages.

Versions of packages libc6 suggests:
ii  cdebconf [debconf-2.0]        0.155      Debian Configuration Management Sy
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]         1.5.39     Debian configuration management sy
ii  glibc-doc                     2.13-3     Embedded GNU C Library: Documentat
ii  locales                       2.13-3     Embedded GNU C Library: National L

-- debconf information:
* glibc/upgrade: true
  glibc/disable-screensaver:
  glibc/restart-failed:
* glibc/restart-services: cups cron atd

Message #12 received at 626457@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Eric Valette <eric.valette@free.fr>

To: 626457@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Thanks for the tip.

Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 09:04:22 +0200

I broke my setting with the libc upgrade this morning. But recreating 
the symbolic links indeed fixed the problem.

For those who want a method to rescue: take a netinst iso, or whatever 
linux rescue or live disk you prefer. Mount the linux disk / and /usr 
file system somewhere (with debian netinst / is /target) and do

mount /dev/sdxx /target
cd /target/lib
ln -s /lib /lib64
mount /dev/sdyy /target/usr
cd /target/usr
ln -s /lib /lib64

and then reboot

You can then do

apt-get -f install
apt-get -f upgrade

to finish the pending upgrade

-- eric

Message #17 received at 626457-done@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@cateee.net>

To: 626457-done@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Re: libc6 doesn't include lib64 symlink on amd64

Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 09:20:25 +0200

Version: 2.13-4

Fixed in -4 and BTW this is also a duplicate of #626447 .

ciao
	cate

Message #29 received at 626457@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Ingo Saitz <Ingo.Saitz@stud.uni-hannover.de>

To: 626457@bugs.debian.org

Subject: Bug#626450: Acknowledgement (lost /lib64 -> /lib symlink on

Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 10:49:12 +0200

In case you still have a root shell around (probably most people
should have after apt-get just failed), call the linker directly
to run ln:

	/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 /bin/ln -s /lib /lib64

    Ingo
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