libc6 broken - Can't install any apps - Hardy 8.04

[Ric Moore]

On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 18:53 -0700, Rick Knight wrote:

> Because of the broken libc6-i686 I am unable to install encfs. How can I 
> fix this?

It's been my experience that when the upgrade process upgrades anything
like libc it's best for your machine to be in stupid mode, booting from
a CD or DVD image, and it has mounted your file system to make the
change over as either an "fresh install" or "upgrade", not while running
live. You may get lucky and re-boot to find everything peachy or find
everything in smoke and ruins. <grins>

I'd burn a upgrade CD/DVD while it's still running. Others may have no
problem. To me, it's risky and I've been burnt before. Now, I have much
fear and loathing of version upgrades. I backup to a bunch of harddrives
and install new now. Plus, that gets rid of all the "fixes" I may have
attempted in the past and regret even touching. YMMV, Ric
 
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