[Solved] apt fails with "Bus error (core dumped)" messages when attempting to install zfsutils-linux

[Meow]

I am trying to follow the Root on ZFS installation instructions.

When doing the apt install --yes zfsutils-linux (see step 1, number 6 in the instructions linked above), I always get multiple error messages "Bus error (core dumped)".

This starts when apt does its trigger processing:

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[...]
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142+deb12u1) ...
I: update-initramfs is disabled (live system is running on read-only media).
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u8) ...
Bus error (core dumped)
ldconfig: Can't stat /usr/local/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu: No such file or directory
ldconfig: Path `/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' given more than once
(from /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu.conf:4 and /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu.conf:3)
ldconfig: Path `/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' given more than once
(from <builtin>:0 and /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu.conf:3)
ldconfig: Path `/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu' given more than once
(from <builtin>:0 and /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu.conf:3)
ldconfig: Path `/usr/lib' given more than once
(from <builtin>:0 and <builtin>:0)
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libfakeroot: (from /etc/ld.so.conf.d/fakeroot-x86_64-linux-gnu.conf:1)
        libfakeroot-0.so -> libfakeroot-tcp.so
/usr/local/lib: (from /etc/ld.so.conf.d/libc.conf:2)
/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu: (from /etc/ld.so.conf.d/x86_64-linux-gnu.conf:3)
Bus error (core dumped)
dpkg: error processing package libc-bin (--configure):
 installed libc-bin package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 135
Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ...
Setting up zfs-zed (2.1.11-1) ...
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/zed.service → /lib/systemd/system/zfs-zed.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/zfs.target.wants/zfs-zed.service → /lib/systemd/system/zfs-zed.service.
Errors were encountered while processing:
 libc-bin
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

Any idea what I could be doing wrong?
System has 32GB ECC RAM, of which 28GB are free when using the KDE Live system (current version from the Debian download page).

[arzgi]

This: I: update-initramfs is disabled (live system is running on read-only media)

[Meow]

This: I: update-initramfs is disabled (live system is running on read-only media)

Is this really the cause for the bus error which appears later when attempting to install zfsutils-linux, after debootstrap and gdisk installed without problems?
According to the instructions this is intended to run from live media.
Years ago, I did exactly the same with bullseye and did not encounter such a problem.

Sounds like it might be best to try first installing a basic Debian system onto a writable HDD/SSD/SD, boot from that and then from this "temporary installation" install the Root on ZFS system onto the drives intended to contain the mirrored Debian Root on ZFS ?

[Meow]

Thank you @arzgi
that was it.
There are also more issues with the Root on ZFS howto; I'll PR in the ZOL github when completed with that.