checkinstall breaks /lib if interrupted by Ctrl-C

[pdecat]

I was packaging libtorrent after having built from source using checkinstall and pressing Ctrl-C during its execution broke my system.

# apt policy checkinstall
checkinstall:
  Installed: 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu1
  Candidate: 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 1.6.2+git20170426.d24a630-2ubuntu1 500
        500 http://fr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hirsute/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Here the execution log that I managed to preserve:

patrick@localhost # uname -a
Linux localhost 5.11.0-14-generic #15-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 8 21:39:23 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
patrick@localhost # cat /etc/issue
Ubuntu Hirsute Hippo (development branch) \n \l
patrick@localhost # git clone https://github.com/arvidn/libtorrent.git
patrick@localhost # cd libtorrent
patrick@localhost # git checkout v1.2.13
patrick@localhost # sudo checkinstall
[sudo] password for patrick:

checkinstall 1.6.3, Copyright 2010 Felipe Eduardo Sanchez Diaz Duran
           This software is released under the GNU GPL.



*****************************************
**** Debian package creation selected ***
*****************************************

*** Warning: The package version "1.2.13
1.2.13
1.2.13" is not a
*** Warning: debian policy compliant one. Please specify an alternate one


This package will be built according to these values:

0 -  Maintainer: [ root@localhost ]
1 -  Summary: [ custom build of libtorrent-rasterbar ]
2 -  Name:    [ libtorrent ]
3 -  Version: [  ]
4 -  Release: [ 1 ]
5 -  License: [ GPL ]
6 -  Group:   [ checkinstall ]
7 -  Architecture: [ amd64 ]
8 -  Source location: [ libtorrent ]
9 -  Alternate source location: [  ]
10 - Requires: [  ]
11 - Recommends: [  ]
12 - Suggests: [  ]
13 - Provides: [ libtorrent ]
14 - Conflicts: [  ]
15 - Replaces: [  ]

Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue: 3
Enter new version:
>> 1.2.13

This package will be built according to these values:

0 -  Maintainer: [ root@localhost ]
1 -  Summary: [ custom build of libtorrent-rasterbar ]
2 -  Name:    [ libtorrent ]
3 -  Version: [ 1.2.13 ]
4 -  Release: [ 1 ]
5 -  License: [ GPL ]
6 -  Group:   [ checkinstall ]
7 -  Architecture: [ amd64 ]
8 -  Source location: [ libtorrent ]
9 -  Alternate source location: [  ]
10 - Requires: [  ]
11 - Recommends: [  ]
12 - Suggests: [  ]
13 - Provides: [ libtorrent ]
14 - Conflicts: [  ]
15 - Replaces: [  ]

Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue: 4
Enter new release number:
>> 2

This package will be built according to these values:

0 -  Maintainer: [ root@localhost ]
1 -  Summary: [ custom build of libtorrent-rasterbar ]
2 -  Name:    [ libtorrent ]
3 -  Version: [ 1.2.13 ]
4 -  Release: [ 2 ]
5 -  License: [ GPL ]
6 -  Group:   [ checkinstall ]
7 -  Architecture: [ amd64 ]
8 -  Source location: [ libtorrent ]
9 -  Alternate source location: [  ]
10 - Requires: [  ]
11 - Recommends: [  ]
12 - Suggests: [  ]
13 - Provides: [ libtorrent ]
14 - Conflicts: [  ]
15 - Replaces: [  ]

Enter a number to change any of them or press ENTER to continue:

Installing with make install...

========================= Installation results ===========================
Making install in include/libtorrent
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent/include/libtorrent'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent/include/libtorrent'
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/include/libtorrent'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644  address.hpp add_torrent_params.hpp alert.hpp alert_manager.hpp alert_types.hpp announce_entry.hpp assert.hpp bandwidth_limit.hpp bandwidth_manager.hpp bandw
idth_socket.hpp bandwidth_queue_entry.hpp bencode.hpp bdecode.hpp bitfield.hpp block_cache.hpp bloom_filter.hpp broadcast_socket.hpp bt_peer_connection.hpp buffer.hpp chained_buffer.hpp
 choker.hpp close_reason.hpp config.hpp copy_ptr.hpp crc32c.hpp create_torrent.hpp deadline_timer.hpp debug.hpp disk_buffer_holder.hpp disk_buffer_pool.hpp disk_interface.hpp disk_io_jo
b.hpp disk_io_thread.hpp disk_io_thread_pool.hpp disk_observer.hpp disk_job_pool.hpp ed25519.hpp entry.hpp enum_net.hpp error.hpp '/usr/local/include/libtorrent/.'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644  error_code.hpp extensions.hpp file.hpp file_pool.hpp file_storage.hpp fingerprint.hpp flags.hpp fwd.hpp gzip.hpp hasher.hpp hasher512.hpp hex.hpp heterogene
ous_queue.hpp http_connection.hpp http_parser.hpp http_seed_connection.hpp http_stream.hpp http_tracker_connection.hpp i2p_stream.hpp identify_client.hpp invariant_check.hpp io.hpp io_s
ervice.hpp io_service_fwd.hpp ip_filter.hpp ip_voter.hpp lazy_entry.hpp link.hpp linked_list.hpp lsd.hpp magnet_uri.hpp natpmp.hpp netlink.hpp operations.hpp optional.hpp packet_buffer.
hpp packet_pool.hpp parse_url.hpp part_file.hpp pe_crypto.hpp '/usr/local/include/libtorrent/.'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644  performance_counters.hpp peer_connection.hpp peer_connection_handle.hpp peer_connection_interface.hpp peer.hpp peer_class.hpp peer_class_set.hpp peer_class_
type_filter.hpp peer_id.hpp peer_info.hpp peer_request.hpp pex_flags.hpp piece_block.hpp piece_block_progress.hpp piece_picker.hpp platform_util.hpp peer_list.hpp portmap.hpp proxy_base
.hpp puff.hpp random.hpp read_resume_data.hpp write_resume_data.hpp receive_buffer.hpp resolve_links.hpp resolver.hpp resolver_interface.hpp request_blocks.hpp session.hpp session_handl
e.hpp session_settings.hpp session_stats.hpp session_status.hpp session_types.hpp settings_pack.hpp sha1.hpp sha512.hpp sha1_hash.hpp sliding_average.hpp socket.hpp '/usr/local/include/
libtorrent/.'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/include/libtorrent/aux_'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644  aux_/allocating_handler.hpp aux_/aligned_storage.hpp aux_/aligned_union.hpp aux_/bind_to_device.hpp aux_/keepalive.hpp aux_/block_cache_reference.hpp aux_/c
ontainer_wrapper.hpp aux_/cpuid.hpp aux_/disable_warnings_push.hpp aux_/disable_warnings_pop.hpp aux_/disk_job_fence.hpp aux_/deferred_handler.hpp aux_/deprecated.hpp aux_/dev_random.hp
p aux_/deque.hpp aux_/escape_string.hpp aux_/export.hpp aux_/generate_peer_id.hpp aux_/io.hpp aux_/listen_socket_handle.hpp aux_/path.hpp aux_/merkle.hpp aux_/session_call.hpp aux_/sess
ion_impl.hpp aux_/session_settings.hpp aux_/session_udp_sockets.hpp aux_/set_socket_buffer.hpp aux_/proxy_settings.hpp aux_/session_interface.hpp aux_/suggest_piece.hpp aux_/socket_type
.hpp aux_/storage_piece_set.hpp aux_/string_ptr.hpp aux_/time.hpp aux_/file_progress.hpp aux_/openssl.hpp aux_/byteswap.hpp aux_/route.h aux_/cppint_import_export.hpp aux_/ffs.hpp '/usr
/local/include/libtorrent/aux_'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/include/libtorrent/kademlia'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644  kademlia/announce_flags.hpp kademlia/dht_settings.hpp kademlia/dht_state.hpp kademlia/dht_storage.hpp kademlia/dht_tracker.hpp kademlia/dht_observer.hpp kad
emlia/direct_request.hpp kademlia/dos_blocker.hpp kademlia/find_data.hpp kademlia/io.hpp kademlia/put_data.hpp kademlia/msg.hpp kademlia/node.hpp kademlia/node_entry.hpp kademlia/node_i
d.hpp kademlia/observer.hpp kademlia/refresh.hpp kademlia/routing_table.hpp kademlia/rpc_manager.hpp kademlia/traversal_algorithm.hpp kademlia/types.hpp kademlia/ed25519.hpp kademlia/it
em.hpp kademlia/get_item.hpp kademlia/sample_infohashes.hpp kademlia/get_peers.hpp '/usr/local/include/libtorrent/kademlia'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644  socket_io.hpp socks5_stream.hpp ssl_stream.hpp stack_allocator.hpp stat.hpp stat_cache.hpp storage.hpp storage_defs.hpp tailqueue.hpp string_view.hpp string
_util.hpp time.hpp timestamp_history.hpp torrent_flags.hpp torrent_handle.hpp torrent.hpp torrent_info.hpp torrent_peer.hpp torrent_peer_allocator.hpp tracker_manager.hpp torrent_status
.hpp udp_socket.hpp udp_tracker_connection.hpp union_endpoint.hpp units.hpp upnp.hpp utp_socket_manager.hpp utp_stream.hpp utf8.hpp vector_utils.hpp version.hpp web_connection_base.hpp
web_peer_connection.hpp xml_parse.hpp span.hpp download_priority.hpp index_range.hpp '/usr/local/include/libtorrent/.'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/include/libtorrent/aux_'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644  aux_/portmap.hpp aux_/lsd.hpp aux_/has_block.hpp aux_/scope_end.hpp aux_/vector.hpp aux_/win_crypto_provider.hpp aux_/win_util.hpp aux_/storage_utils.hpp au
x_/numeric_cast.hpp aux_/unique_ptr.hpp aux_/alloca.hpp aux_/throw.hpp aux_/array.hpp aux_/ip_notifier.hpp aux_/noexcept_movable.hpp aux_/torrent_impl.hpp aux_/instantiate_connection.hp
p aux_/range.hpp aux_/windows.hpp aux_/pool.hpp '/usr/local/include/libtorrent/aux_'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/include/libtorrent/extensions'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644  extensions/smart_ban.hpp extensions/ut_metadata.hpp extensions/ut_pex.hpp '/usr/local/include/libtorrent/extensions'
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent/include/libtorrent'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent/include/libtorrent'
Making install in src
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent/src'
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent/src'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/lib'
 /bin/bash ../libtool   --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c   libtorrent-rasterbar.la '/usr/local/lib'
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libtorrent-rasterbar.so.10.0.0 /usr/local/lib/libtorrent-rasterbar.so.10.0.0
libtool: install: (cd /usr/local/lib && { ln -s -f libtorrent-rasterbar.so.10.0.0 libtorrent-rasterbar.so.10 || { rm -f libtorrent-rasterbar.so.10 && ln -s libtorrent-rasterbar.so.10.0.
0 libtorrent-rasterbar.so.10; }; })
libtool: install: (cd /usr/local/lib && { ln -s -f libtorrent-rasterbar.so.10.0.0 libtorrent-rasterbar.so || { rm -f libtorrent-rasterbar.so && ln -s libtorrent-rasterbar.so.10.0.0 libt
orrent-rasterbar.so; }; })
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libtorrent-rasterbar.lai /usr/local/lib/libtorrent-rasterbar.la
libtool: install: /usr/bin/install -c .libs/libtorrent-rasterbar.a /usr/local/lib/libtorrent-rasterbar.a
libtool: install: chmod 644 /usr/local/lib/libtorrent-rasterbar.a
libtool: install: ranlib /usr/local/lib/libtorrent-rasterbar.a
libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/snap/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /usr/local/lib
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Libraries have been installed in:
   /usr/local/lib

If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
specify the full pathname of the library, or use the '-LLIBDIR'
flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
     during execution
   - add LIBDIR to the 'LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
     during linking
   - use the '-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
   - have your system administrator add LIBDIR to '/etc/ld.so.conf'

See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(8) manual pages.
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make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.
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Making install in examples
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent/examples'
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make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.
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Making install in test
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent/test'
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make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.
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Making install in bindings
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent/bindings'
Making install in python
make[2]: Entering directory '/home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent/bindings/python'
/usr/bin/python ./setup.py build
running build
running build_ext
project-config.jam contents:
import feature ;
feature.feature libtorrent-python : on ;
using python : 3.9 : "/usr/bin/python" : "/usr/include/python3.9" "/usr/include/python3.9" : : <libtorrent-python>on : ".cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu" ;

b2 boost-link=shared libtorrent-link=prebuilt deprecated-functions=on variant=release address-model=64 python=3.9 libtorrent-python=on python-install-path=/home/patrick/workspaces/ubunt
u/deluge/libtorrent/bindings/python/build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.9 install_module linkflags=-L/home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent/bindings/python/../../src/.libs linkflags=-L/
usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu linkflags=-L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
<string>:1: DeprecationWarning: SO is deprecated, use EXT_SUFFIX
CXXFLAGS =
LDFLAGS =
OS = LINUX
CXXFLAGS =
LDFLAGS =
warning: No toolsets are configured.
warning: Configuring default toolset "gcc".
warning: If the default is wrong, your build may not work correctly.
warning: Use the "toolset=xxxxx" option to override our guess.
warning: For more configuration options, please consult
warning: http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/advanced/configuration.html
...patience...
...found 451 targets...
make[3]: Entering directory '/home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent/bindings/python'
/usr/bin/python ./setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local
running install
running bdist_egg
running egg_info
writing python_libtorrent.egg-info/PKG-INFO
writing dependency_links to python_libtorrent.egg-info/dependency_links.txt
writing top-level names to python_libtorrent.egg-info/top_level.txt
reading manifest file 'python_libtorrent.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
writing manifest file 'python_libtorrent.egg-info/SOURCES.txt'
installing library code to build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg
running install_lib
running build_ext
project-config.jam contents:
import feature ;
feature.feature libtorrent-python : on ;
using python : 3.9 : "/usr/bin/python" : "/usr/include/python3.9" "/usr/include/python3.9" : : <libtorrent-python>on : ".cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu" ;

b2 boost-link=shared libtorrent-link=prebuilt deprecated-functions=on variant=release address-model=64 python=3.9 libtorrent-python=on python-install-path=/home/patrick/workspaces/ubunt
u/deluge/libtorrent/bindings/python/build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.9 install_module linkflags=-L/home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent/bindings/python/../../src/.libs linkflags=-L/
usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu linkflags=-L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
<string>:1: DeprecationWarning: SO is deprecated, use EXT_SUFFIX
CXXFLAGS =
LDFLAGS =
OS = LINUX
CXXFLAGS =
LDFLAGS =
warning: No toolsets are configured.
warning: Configuring default toolset "gcc".
warning: If the default is wrong, your build may not work correctly.
warning: Use the "toolset=xxxxx" option to override our guess.
warning: For more configuration options, please consult
warning: http://boost.org/boost-build2/doc/html/bbv2/advanced/configuration.html
...patience...
...found 451 targets...
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg
copying build/lib.linux-x86_64-3.9/libtorrent.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg
creating stub loader for libtorrent.cpython-39-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
byte-compiling build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/libtorrent.py to libtorrent.cpython-39.pyc
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying python_libtorrent.egg-info/PKG-INFO -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying python_libtorrent.egg-info/SOURCES.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying python_libtorrent.egg-info/dependency_links.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying python_libtorrent.egg-info/top_level.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
writing build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO/native_libs.txt
zip_safe flag not set; analyzing archive contents...
__pycache__.libtorrent.cpython-39: module references __file__
creating 'dist/python_libtorrent-1.2.13-py3.9-linux-x86_64.egg' and adding 'build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg' to it
removing 'build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg' (and everything under it)
Processing python_libtorrent-1.2.13-py3.9-linux-x86_64.egg
removing '/usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/python_libtorrent-1.2.13-py3.9-linux-x86_64.egg' (and everything under it)
creating /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/python_libtorrent-1.2.13-py3.9-linux-x86_64.egg
Extracting python_libtorrent-1.2.13-py3.9-linux-x86_64.egg to /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages
python-libtorrent 1.2.13 is already the active version in easy-install.pth

Installed /usr/local/lib/python3.9/dist-packages/python_libtorrent-1.2.13-py3.9-linux-x86_64.egg
Processing dependencies for python-libtorrent==1.2.13
Finished processing dependencies for python-libtorrent==1.2.13
make[3]: Nothing to be done for 'install-data-am'.
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make[2]: Nothing to be done for 'install-exec-am'.
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/share/cmake/Modules'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 examples/cmake/FindLibtorrentRasterbar.cmake '/usr/local/share/cmake/Modules'
 /usr/bin/mkdir -p '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig'
 /usr/bin/install -c -m 644 libtorrent-rasterbar.pc '/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig'
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======================== Installation successful ==========================

Copying documentation directory...
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Some of the files created by the installation are inside the home directory: /home

You probably don't want them to be included in the package.
Do you want me to list them?  [n]: y
Should I exclude them from the package? (Saying yes is a good idea)  [n]:

Some of the files created by the installation are inside the build
directory: /home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent

You probably don't want them to be included in the package,
especially if they are inside your home directory.
Do you want me to list them?  [n]: ^C

*** SIGINT received ***

Restoring overwritten files from backup...^C

/usr/bin/checkinstall: line 95: /usr/bin/gettext: No such file or directory


/usr/bin/checkinstall: line 102: /usr/bin/gettext: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/checkinstall: line 319: /usr/bin/rm: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/checkinstall: line 320: /usr/bin/rm: No such file or directory
/usr/bin/checkinstall: line 95: /usr/bin/gettext: No such file or directory


/usr/bin/checkinstall: line 95: /usr/bin/gettext: No such file or directory


bash: /home/patrick/go/bin/powerline-go: No such file or directory

patrick@localhost # pwd
/home/patrick/workspaces/ubuntu/deluge/libtorrent

From there, all commands were broken, including bash, ls and sudo.

Not sure why but I believe this is caused by checkinstall wanting to restore an non-existent or wrong backup tar archive.

I had to reboot on a recovery medium to restore the symbolic link from /usr/lib to /lib:

# sudo mount -rw -o remount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /mnt
# cd /mnt
# ls -ld /lib*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    9 Apr 10 10:00 lib32 -> usr/lib32
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    9 Apr 10 10:00 lib64 -> usr/lib64
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 15 08:55 lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   10 Apr 10 10:00 libx32 -> usr/libx32
# sudo mv lib{,.bak}
# sudo ln -snf usr/lib lib
# ls -ld lib*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    7 Apr 15 14:13 lib -> usr/lib
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    9 Apr 10 10:00 lib32 -> usr/lib32
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root    9 Apr 10 10:00 lib64 -> usr/lib64
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Apr 15 08:55 lib.bak
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   10 Apr 10 10:00 libx32 -> usr/libx32

[pdecat]

Maybe it is caused by the second Ctrl-C interrupting the first tar command here:

    echogn "Restoring overwritten files from backup..."
    cd ${TMP_DIR}/BACKUP
       files=$(ls -A)
       $TAR -cpf - $files | $TAR -f - -xvpC / &> /dev/null
    okfail

[pikdum]

Thanks for the instructions to recover, just ran into the same issue when packaging emacs.

[Nikolai5]

Had the same symptoms of all commands broken including ls, couldn't open anything. Couldn't even shut down, rebooting caused a kernel panic.

I had to restore snapshot via timeshift.

[NobodyIII]

I'm having the same problem with using checkinstall for gcc for arm-none-eabi, without even using Ctrl+C. It just crashed and bricked my system until I fixed it.

I tried again, thinking I was ready, with a statically-linked busybox binary, but I couldn't use sudo to get root privs to fix it, so it died again.

The specific file that got placed in the new /lib is /lib/terminfo/x/xterm-256color. How can I fix this? I really want to use checkinstall instead of make install.

[giuliomoro]

This is probably the wrong repo to ask that question. I created it only to share a bugfix I made years ago.

[IamPhytan]

Thanks for the instructions !
I originally thought that my whole system was broken, but turns out it's just a broken symlink 😅
Interesting to know that a single symlink is crucial to so many terminal commands

[pglpm]

This just happened to me it seems. I'm on Ubuntu 20.04. Would the fix work for me too? I haven't restarted my system yet; could this be done without booting from an external drive?