Comment 3 for bug 263022

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% LC_ALL=C sudo dpkg --configure -a
Setting up libc6 (2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6) ...

Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139

% LC_ALL=C sudo dpkg -i libc6_2.8\~20080505-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 211261 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6 (using libc6_2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6_amd64.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
Setting up libc6 (2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6) ...

Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
dpkg: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 139
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