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

[Dimitri John Ledkov]

Interesting logs are:

* tarball of /etc/init/*
* tarball of /var/log/upstart/
* are you running sessions in chroots? (daemons managed by upstart)

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Title:
   Kernel panic when dpkg attempts to install libc6

Status in Upstart:
  Confirmed
Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  This bug is also reported in:
  bug #1269483
  bug #1269500
  bug #1269669
  bug #1286476

  It affects users trying to install/upgrade libc6 using dpkg, and in my
  case occurred during an upgrade from 13.10 to 14.04.

  Similar or related bugs are reported in:
  bug #1269405
  bug #1271440
  bug #1269731 

  A workaround for the issue is found in:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1269731/comments/32 .
  The relevant part is point 1) . 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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