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

[David Oftedal]

The bug occurs when dpkg tries to install libc6 deb, and this triggers
the telinit command.

As you are adamant that this bug is unrelated to the several bugs that
are already filed which describe this exact problem, I've decided not to
spend any more time on it.

If you wish to investigate the issue yourself, then I recommend you
install 13.10 on a system and upgrate it with do-release-upgrade.

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Title:
   Kernel panic when dpkg attempts to install libc6

Status in Upstart:
  New
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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