Knoppix 7.0.2-EN DVD notes & comments

[ruymbeke]

Last week this recipe worked perfectly, but now it hangs... Is there any way to get around this ? ... For me, this is a very serious problem...

Hello Capricorny,
I don't have any problem using the script below:

#!/bin/sh
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y -d -t unstable install libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev gcc-4.6-multilib g++-4.6-multilib
sudo apt-get -y -t unstable --reinstall install libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev
sudo chroot /UNIONFS/ apt-get -y -t unstable -f install
sudo apt-get -y -t unstable --reinstall install gcc-4.6-multilib g++-4.6-multilib

After booting Knoppix 7.0.2 from the DVD and using the 64 bits kernel
I can compile and execute 64 bits libraries and applications such as Pi
cf: http://h2np.net/pi/pi_record_e.html
(after editing the start.sh script to add the "-m64" parameter on the two lines using "cc" to compile "v" and "pi")

That being said, during the install I get a very worrying error message:

apt-get -y -t unstable --reinstall install  libc-bin libc-dev-bin libc6 libc6-dev
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 4 reinstalled, 0 to remove and 1453 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/10.2 MB of archives.
After this operation, 0 B of additional disk space will be used.
(Reading database ... 430147 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc-bin 2.13-33 (using .../libc-bin_2.13-33_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc-bin ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up libc-bin (2.13-33) ...
(Reading database ... 430147 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6:i386 2.13-33 (using .../libc6_2.13-33_i386.deb) ...

A copy of the C library was found in an unexpected directory:
  '/UNIONFS/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.13.so'
It is not safe to upgrade the C library in this situation;
please remove that copy of the C library or get it out of
'/UNIONFS/lib/i386-linux-gnu' and try again.

dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.13-33_i386.deb (--unpack):
 subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.13-33_i386.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

==> dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.13-33_i386.deb (--unpack): <==
Is it possible that the "libc6_2.13-33_i386.deb" package be corrupted on the Debian repository ?
Even with that error, it looks like that I can still compile and execute 64 bits code...

BTW, did you try my patch yet ?
Best Regards,
Gilles