[Bug 1867431] Re: ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'libc6'

[John Feole]

This bug caused me to lose 3 desktops in rapid succession when they
upgraded yesterday.

Like others,after finding this bug, and using comments 12 and 13, and
the livecd boot, was able to recover all 3 of them..after hours of
wasted time.

I am an Ubuntu user from the earliest revisions, and wonder, how was this released in this
state? As right when it installs, it disables the desktop, and when you reboot, login is broken.. Was it even tested??

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Title:
  ERROR got an error from dpkg for pkg: 'libc6'

Status in glibc package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  After the last upgrade I made this morning, at the error of dpkg on the libc6 package, I was no longer able to log in user: sudo apt update, full-upgrade or any login with "sudo", the message was "you have passed 3 attempts for wrong password ", at restart I tried to log in from the grub, recovery, I tried to click" repair package "with no result, not even to start a root shell was not successful, any attempt failed .
  Luckily before the update I took a snapshot with Timeshift on Btrfs, so I have the snapshot still saved in case it was used to reproduce the bug, I also have logs saved, since I have separate subvolumes.
  I enclose everything, if there are other details that can help you, I am available.
  Thank you

  log: https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/zSJcrYyW6H/

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: libc6 2.30-0ubuntu3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-14.17-generic 5.4.18
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-14-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu20
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Sat Mar 14 13:44:58 2020
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=screen-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: glibc
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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