package libc6 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new post-removal script killed by signal (Illegal instruction)

[Sebastian Sjoholm]

Issue occured during a "release upgrade" from 10.04 to 10.10 on Ubuntu Server. Please see attached terminal log below;

root@wsc:/etc# lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04.1 LTS
Release: 10.04
root@wsc:/etc#

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root@wsc:/etc# do-release-upgrade
Checking for a new ubuntu release
Done Upgrade tool signature
Done Upgrade tool
Done downloading
extracting 'maverick.tar.gz'
authenticate 'maverick.tar.gz' against 'maverick.tar.gz.gpg'
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names

Reading cache

Checking package manager

Continue running under SSH?

This session appears to be running under ssh. It is not recommended
to perform a upgrade over ssh currently because in case of failure it
is harder to recover.

If you continue, an additional ssh daemon will be started at port
'1022'.
Do you want to continue?

Continue [yN] y

Starting additional sshd

To make recovery in case of failure easier, an additional sshd will
be started on port '1022'. If anything goes wrong with the running
ssh you can still connect to the additional one.

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done
No candidate ver: python2.5-minimal
No candidate ver: libdirectfb-1.0-0
No candidate ver: upstart-logd
No candidate ver: libparted1.8-10
No candidate ver: libparted1.8-12
No candidate ver: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-11-generic
No candidate ver: libc-client2007b
No candidate ver: libbind9-40
No candidate ver: python2.4-minimal
No candidate ver: upstart-compat-sysv
No candidate ver: libisc45
No candidate ver: libisccfg50
No candidate ver: libming0
No candidate ver: linux-image-2.6.28-15-generic
No candidate ver: libntfs-3g49
No candidate ver: libmysqlclient15off
No candidate ver: libisccfg40
No candidate ver: php5-mhash
No candidate ver: liblwres50
No candidate ver: libiw29
No candidate ver: libmagickwand1
No candidate ver: libwvstreams4.4-base
No candidate ver: libdatrie0
No candidate ver: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-15-generic
No candidate ver: system-services
No candidate ver: mysql-server-5.0
No candidate ver: libmagickcore1
No candidate ver: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-17-generic
No candidate ver: libisccc50
No candidate ver: libdns53
No candidate ver: libntfs-3g54
No candidate ver: libisc50
No candidate ver: python2.5
No candidate ver: python2.4
No candidate ver: libuniconf4.4
No candidate ver: liblwres40
No candidate ver: libbind9-50
No candidate ver: libkrb53
No candidate ver: linux-image-2.6.31-21-generic
No candidate ver: linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic
No candidate ver: libwvstreams4.4-extras
No candidate ver: libmysqlclient15-dev
No candidate ver: libisccc40
No candidate ver: libdns46

Updating repository information
WARNING: Failed to read mirror file
100% [Working] 0s
Checking package manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Building data structures... Done

Calculating the changes

Calculating the changes
No candidate ver: python2.5-minimal
No candidate ver: linux-image-2.6.28-11-generic
No candidate ver: libdirectfb-1.0-0
No candidate ver: upstart-logd
No candidate ver: libparted1.8-10
No candidate ver: libparted1.8-12
No candidate ver: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-11-generic
No candidate ver: libc-client2007b
No candidate ver: libbind9-40
No candidate ver: python2.4-minimal
No candidate ver: upstart-compat-sysv
No candidate ver: libisc45
No candidate ver: libisccfg50
No candidate ver: libming0
No candidate ver: linux-image-2.6.28-15-generic
No candidate ver: libntfs-3g49
No candidate ver: libmysqlclient15off
No candidate ver: libisccfg40
No candidate ver: php5-mhash
No candidate ver: liblwres50
No candidate ver: libmagickwand1
No candidate ver: libwvstreams4.4-base
No candidate ver: libdatrie0
No candidate ver: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-15-generic
No candidate ver: libgraphviz4
No candidate ver: system-services
No candidate ver: libdirectfb-1.2-0
No candidate ver: mysql-server-5.0
No candidate ver: libmagickcore1
No candidate ver: linux-restricted-modules-2.6.28-17-generic
No candidate ver: libiw29
No candidate ver: libisccc50
No candidate ver: libdns53
No candidate ver: libntfs-3g54
No candidate ver: libisc50
No candidate ver: python2.5
No candidate ver: python2.4
No candidate ver: libuniconf4.4
No candidate ver: liblwres40
No candidate ver: libbind9-50
No candidate ver: libkrb53
No candidate ver: linux-image-2.6.31-21-generic
No candidate ver: libwvstreams4.4-extras
No candidate ver: libmysqlclient15-dev
No candidate ver: libisccc40
No candidate ver: libdns46

Do you want to start the upgrade?

1 installed package is no longer supported by Canonical. You can
still get support from the community.

2 packages are going to be removed. 28 new packages are going to be
installed. 395 packages are going to be upgraded.

You have to download a total of 240M. This download will take about 7
minutes with your connection.

Fetching and installing the upgrade can take several hours. Once the
download has finished, the process cannot be cancelled.

 Continue [yN] Details [d]y

Fetching
[100%] 472kB/s 0s 7s
Upgrading
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
Extracting templates from packages: 100%
Preconfiguring packages ...
dpkg: libc6-i686: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you requested:
 ubuntu-minimal depends on libc6-i686.
(Reading database ... 50579 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing libc6-i686 ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
(Reading database ... 50528 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libnih-dbus1 1.0.1-1 (using .../libnih-dbus1_1.0.2-1ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libnih-dbus1 ...
Preparing to replace libnih1 1.0.1-1 (using .../libnih1_1.0.2-1ubuntu2_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libnih1 ...
Preparing to replace libc6-dev 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.6 (using .../libc6-dev_2.12.1-0ubuntu10_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc6-dev ...
Preparing to replace libc-dev-bin 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.6 (using .../libc-dev-bin_2.12.1-0ubuntu10_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc-dev-bin ...
Preparing to replace libc-bin 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.6 (using .../libc-bin_2.12.1-0ubuntu10_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc-bin ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libc-bin (2.12.1-0ubuntu10) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/gai.conf ...

(Reading database ... 50527 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.6 (using .../libc6_2.12.1-0ubuntu10_i386.deb) ...
Checking for services that may need to be restarted...
Checking init scripts...
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
dpkg: warning: old post-removal script killed by signal (Illegal instruction)
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.12.1-0ubuntu10_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new post-removal script killed by signal (Illegal instruction)
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
 subprocess installed pre-installation script killed by signal (Illegal instruction)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.12.1-0ubuntu10_i386.deb
Exception during pm.DoInstall(): E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: libc6 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-24.43-generic 2.6.32.15+drm33.5
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-24-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Dec 28 10:28:59 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess new post-removal script killed by signal (Illegal instruction)
SourcePackage: eglibc
Title: package libc6 2.11.1-0ubuntu7.6 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess new post-removal script killed by signal (Illegal instruction)

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