[Bug 980573] [NEW] apt-get fails at libc6 upgrade with "A copy of the C library was found in an unexpected directory" error message

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I've upgraded to 12.04 since a couple of weeks ago, since then I've
periodically updated/dist-upgraded my system.

The latest attempt fails with the next behavior:

apt-get update - all goes well

When trying apt-get dist-upgrade I get this:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 libc6 : Depends: libc-bin (= 2.15-0ubuntu6)
         Breaks: libc6:i386 (!= 2.15-0ubuntu6) but 2.15-0ubuntu7 is installed
 libc6:i386 : Breaks: libc6 (!= 2.15-0ubuntu7) but 2.15-0ubuntu6 is installed
 libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.15-0ubuntu7) but 2.15-0ubuntu6 is installed
 libc6-i386 : Depends: libc6 (= 2.15-0ubuntu7) but 2.15-0ubuntu6 is installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f.


When trying apt-get -f install I get this:
A copy of the C library was found in an unexpected directory:
  '/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.15.so'
It is not safe to upgrade the C library in this situation;
please remove that copy of the C library or get it out of
'/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' and try again.

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.15-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.15-0ubuntu7_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

** Affects: eglibc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: beta bot-comment precise-pangolin
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apt-get fails at libc6 upgrade with "A copy of the C library was found in an unexpected directory" error message
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/980573
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