varnish depends on libc6-dev

[Frank IJskes]

Binary package hint: varnish

Under ubuntu 8.0.4.2 lts server

apt-get install varnish
[....]
Starting HTTPd accelerator: /usr/bin/ld: crti.o: No such file: No such file or directory
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
pclose=256
Internal error: GCC returned 0x0100
invoke-rc.d: initscript varnish, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing varnish (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
 varnish
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Solution:

The solution is that a recommended package libc6-dev is actually required.
apt-get install libc6-dev
apt-get -f install
fixed this issue

dpkg -l | grep varnish
ii varnish 1.0.3-2 A state-of-the-art, high-performance HTTP ac

[Andreas Wenning (andreas-wenning)]

This is a duplicate of bug 77624 . Problem is already fixed in intrepid onwards.