[Bug 805342] Re: libc6 failed to install on d-i based images with error 'A copy of the C library was found in an unexpected directory '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so'

[Colin Watson]

** Changed in: eglibc (Ubuntu Oneiric)
     Assignee: Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) => Colin Watson (cjwatson)

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Title:
  libc6 failed to install on d-i based images with error 'A copy of the
  C library was found in an unexpected directory '/lib/x86_64-linux-
  gnu/libc-2.13.so'

Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “eglibc” source package in Oneiric:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Oneiric alternate 20110703

  Yesterdays's alternate and today's server images fail to install with:
  Jul  4 07:03:56 debootstrap: Unpacking libc6 (from .../libc6_2.13-8ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
  Jul  4 07:03:56 debootstrap:
  Jul  4 07:03:56 debootstrap: A copy of the C library was found in an unexpected directory:
  Jul  4 07:03:56 debootstrap:   '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so'
  Jul  4 07:03:56 debootstrap: It is not safe to upgrade the C library in this situation;
  Jul  4 07:03:56 debootstrap: please remove that copy of the C library or get it out of
  Jul  4 07:03:56 debootstrap: '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' and try again.
  Jul  4 07:03:56 debootstrap:
  Jul  4 07:03:56 debootstrap: dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.13-8ubuntu1_amd64.deb (--install):
  Jul  4 07:03:56 debootstrap:  subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: debian-installer (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-2.3-generic 3.0.0-rc4
  Uname: Linux 3.0-2-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Mon Jul  4 09:12:05 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. U3SG
  MemoryUsage:
   total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
   Mem:       3090096    1840544    1249552          0      99084     922296
   -/+ buffers/cache:     819164    2270932
   Swap:      5855688          0    5855688
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0-2-generic root=UUID=75f23f17-3ace-4485-af57-a7318eb6c2ff ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-06-27 (6 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 01/28/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 305
  dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.board.name: U3SG
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr305:bd01/28/2008:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnU3SG:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnU3SG:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.name: U3SG
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

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