package libc-bin 2.23-0ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139

[Ekkehard Morgenstern]

Just encountered this while doing a regular package upgrade. OS is Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS (64 bit). More information upon request.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: libc-bin 2.23-0ubuntu9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-40.44~16.04.1-generic 4.10.17
Uname: Linux 4.10.0-40-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.13
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Nov 22 18:05:24 2017
Dependencies:
 gcc-6-base 6.0.1-0ubuntu1
 libc6 2.23-0ubuntu9
 libgcc1 1:6.0.1-0ubuntu1
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-08-14 (99 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 dpkg 1.18.4ubuntu1.2
 apt 1.2.24
SourcePackage: glibc
Title: package libc-bin 2.23-0ubuntu9 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 139
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ekkehard Morgenstern (6-ekkehard)]

Please note that the hardware errors reported for /dev/sdd in Dmesg.txt are related to USB communication problems with one of two external hard drives, which are probably irrelevant (despite these errors, the hard drive does work -- it does not contain any files related to the reported bug).

I have two internal SSDs which contain the system directories.

After the previous update (a day earlier), I had a system freeze during shutdown, and one during daytime. Only once I had to run fsck on the drive containing the /home folder (but not the /usr folder).

It might be possible (not necessarily though) that the reported problem is insular to my own machine, but I'm not entirely sure about that.

[Ekkehard Morgenstern (6-ekkehard)]

It appears that "ldconfig" is the program that crashes during the run of the post-installation script. I tried running "ldconfig" and "ldconfig.real" manually, and they crash too. Unfortunately, I do not have the time to debug this for you.

[Ekkehard Morgenstern (6-ekkehard)]

A downgrade to an earlier version of the package fixes the problem, so it indeed seems to be a problem in the new package.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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