Bug#722217: libc6: Update fails halfway with segfault

[Ashley Galant]

Dear Maintainer,

I previously observed this bug when updating my libc6 packages from 2.18-4
to 2.18-5.  Today I upgraded to 2.18-7, and the bug surfaced again.

apt history.log

Start-Date: 2014-05-31  09:27:11
Commandline: /usr/sbin/synaptic
Upgrade: libc-dev-bin:amd64 (2.18-5, 2.18-7), libc-bin:amd64 (2.18-5,
2.18-7), libc6:amd64 (2.18-5, 2.18-7), libc6:i386 (2.18-5, 2.18-7),
libc6-i386:amd64 (2.18-5, 2.18-7), libc6-dev:amd64 (2.18-5, 2.18-7)
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
End-Date: 2014-05-31  09:27:14

Start-Date: 2014-05-31  09:27:55
Commandline: /usr/sbin/synaptic
Upgrade: libc-dev-bin:amd64 (2.18-5, 2.18-7), libc6:amd64 (2.18-5, 2.18-7),
libc6-i386:amd64 (2.18-5, 2.18-7), libc6-dev:amd64 (2.18-5, 2.18-7)
Error: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
End-Date: 2014-05-31  09:27:58

Start-Date: 2014-05-31  09:28:40
Commandline: apt-get install -f
Upgrade: libc6:amd64 (2.18-5, 2.18-7)
End-Date: 2014-05-31  09:28:45

term.log

Preparing to unpack .../libc-bin_2.18-7_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking libc-bin (2.18-7) over (2.18-5) ...
Replaced by files in installed package manpages (3.65-1) ...
Preparing to unpack .../archives/libc6_2.18-7_i386.deb ...
De-configuring libc6:amd64 (2.18-5) ...
Unpacking libc6:i386 (2.18-7) over (2.18-5) ...
Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.18-7_amd64.deb ...
dpkg: error processing archive
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.18-7_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script was killed by signal (Segmentation
fault)
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.7.1-1) ...
dpkg: error processing package man-db (--unpack):
 subprocess installed post-installation script was killed by signal
(Segmentation fault)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.18-7_amd64.deb
 man-db
Log ended: 2014-05-31  09:27:14

I don't have any of the legacy nvidia packages installed.  My nvidia setup
is:

ii  glx-alternative-nvidia                0.4.1
ii  libgl1-nvidia-glx:amd64               331.67-2
ii  libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386                331.67-2
ii  libgl1-nvidia-glx-i386                331.67-2
ii  libnvidia-ml1:amd64                   331.67-2
ii  nvidia-alternative                    331.67-2
ii  nvidia-driver                         331.67-2
ii  nvidia-installer-cleanup              20131102+1
ii  nvidia-kernel-common                  20131102+1
ii  nvidia-kernel-dkms                    331.67-2
ii  nvidia-modprobe                       334.16-1
ii  nvidia-settings                       331.67-1
ii  nvidia-support                        20131102+1
ii  nvidia-vdpau-driver:amd64             331.67-2
ii  nvidia-xconfig                        331.67-1
ii  xserver-xorg-video-nvidia             331.67-2


Hope that helps...
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