Crashes computer when upgrading from libc6 2.18 to libc6 2.19

[Kaf]

using 14.04 trusty, the aptitude install or remove package tries to upgrade from libc6 2.18 to libc6 2.19 but when is upgrading, it crashes the computer (freezes without no mouse, no consoles, nothing). I turn off power and on to restart the computer. Then i try to run dpkg --configure -a but it keeps freezing and does not appear to have a solution on this.

[Kaf (peixinhosdalua)]

Sometime it appears in the screen the terminal and shows a kernel panic saying: attempt to stop init!

[Kaf (peixinhosdalua)]

i realized that the version 2.19 gets install but it is unable to finish configurations and crashes the computer.

[Adam Conrad (adconrad)]

Which version of upstart do you have installed on that machine?

[Kaf (peixinhosdalua)]

I had 12.10 then updated all the time until 14.04 alpha. Since i was accumultaing too many problems i made a fresh install of 14.04 alpha 2 and the problems disappeared. But someone making updates might keep having problems.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[David Oftedal (rounin)]

See bug #1286476, bug #1269405 , bug #1269483 , bug #1269500 , and bug #1269669.

Workaround described in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1269731/comments/32 .

[David Oftedal (rounin)]

The relevant part of the workaround in https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/upstart/+bug/1269731/comments/32 is 1) , which describes how to circumvent the program "telinit" while the upgrade is underway.