[Bug 297804] Re: Update to 8.10 - libc.so.6 error leaves system unbootable

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[Expired for dpkg (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60
days.]

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Expired

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Title:
  Update to 8.10 - libc.so.6 error leaves system unbootable

Status in “dpkg” package in Ubuntu:
  Expired

Bug description:
  I updated a system from 8.04 (wtih current patches) to 8.10. During
  the update process, I was greeted with dozens of dpkg errors, most of
  them telling me that some package post-install script returned an
  error status (a lot of core packages like xorg had similar errors).
  First of these errors was indicated for libc, (but the install
  continued on background, so it was too late to stop it)

  The update then proceeded to a point where the progress bar was at
  around 50% complete telling, that the update is finished, but some
  packages did not install. After dismissing this informational message,
  the updater quit, leaving me with an unusable system - gnome terminal
  could not be opened for obvious reasons and trying to log in from
  console gave me the an error in libc.

  A similar error now appear during early boot stage altering failing
  commands like mkdir, chown:

  some_command: /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.8' not
  found (required by /lib/libselinux.so.1)

  The init hangs after "Starting kernel log daemon...."