package libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1

[Juan Peleteiro]

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.42~precise1-generic 3.8.13.5
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu13
AptOrdering:
 libc6: Install
 libc6: Configure
 checkbox-qt: Configure
 libc6-dev: Configure
 ubuntu-desktop: Configure
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Feb 19 14:07:21 2014
Df:
 Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
 /dev/sda6 48392524 24082208 21845448 53% /
 sysfs 48392524 24082208 21845448 53% /sys
 udev 439708 4 439704 1% /dev
DuplicateSignature: package:libc6:2.15-0ubuntu10.5:subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
ErrorMessage: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-01-23 (28 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: eglibc
Title: package libc6 2.15-0ubuntu10.5 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Thank you for taking the time to report this crash and helping to make this software better. This particular crash has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug #1282623, so is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.