[Bug 1303139] Re: Kernel panic when dpkg attempts to install libc6

[David Oftedal]

** 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.

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Title:
   Kernel panic when dpkg attempts to install libc6

Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  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.

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