upgrade from gutsy to intrepid of libc6 sticks because of pre-depend on findutils

Binary package hint: libc6

#At the start here the attempts to use apt-get and aptitude to do the upgrade
#to Intrepid (?alpha 5?) from Gutsy have failed as neither of findutils or libc6 can be installed either in the
#same command nor individually as one pre-depends on the other.
#To clarify and assuming current install is Gutsy (mine was):
# The newer version of libc6 from Intrepid cannot be installed without findutils from Intrepid
#and the newer version of findutils from Intrepid cannot be installed until libc6 from Intrepid is
#already installed?
#
dpkg: regarding findutils_4.4.0-2ubuntu3_i386.deb containing findutils, pre-dependency problem:
 findutils pre-depends on libc6 (>= 2.7)
  libc6 is installed, but is version 2.6.1-1ubuntu10.
dpkg: error processing findutils_4.4.0-2ubuntu3_i386.deb (--install):
 pre-dependency problem - not installing findutils

#Should there not be a findutils backport/transitional package that is installed
#on Gutsy which libc6 2.8 can use and which will prevent this
#show stopping pre-dependency?
#
#Assume that this would not be a problem for the cd install as the libc6
#would run off the cd (?udeb?) and not then create a problem with putting
#findutils newer version on the computer - just guessing here.
#
#What follows is me forcing one of the pre-depends and then doing the other then going
#round again to ensure as best I can that they have both in fact installed cleanly
#
: #root@1i14z512(archives) ;dpkg --force-depends-version --install libc6
libc6_2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6_i386.deb libc6-i686_2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6_i386.deb
: #root@1i14z512(archives) ;dpkg --force-depends-version --install libc6_2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 158804 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6 (using libc6_2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
Setting up libc6 (2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/glibc.sh ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/gai.conf ...

Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
: #root@1i14z512(archives) ;dpkg --install findutils_4.4.0-2ubuntu3_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 158804 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace findutils 4.2.31-1ubuntu2.1 (using findutils_4.4.0-2ubuntu3_i386.deb) ...
Removing obsolete conffile /etc/updatedb.conf ...
Unpacking replacement findutils ...
Setting up findutils (4.4.0-2ubuntu3) ...

: #root@1i14z512(archives) ;dpkg --install libc6_2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6_i386.deb
(Reading database ... 158797 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace libc6 2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6 (using libc6_2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
Setting up libc6 (2.8~20080505-0ubuntu6) ...

Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place

#During attempts now to get apt-get and/or aptitude to help me further I noticed a perl complaint
#in the output which I solved as detailed next.
#This secondary 'upgrade to Inrepid from Gutsy issue' (below) is possibily already being worked on upstream
#as a bugreport seems to indicate a similar problem in Debian but do not take my word for that

: #root@1i14z512(archives) ;ls *perl*10* | xargs -r dpkg --force-depends --auto-deconfigure --install liblocale-gettext-perl_1.05-4build1_i386.deb

http://www.nabble.com/Bug-482885:-perl:-5.10.0-failed-upgrade-from-5.8.0-td17460719.html
#Above bug report led me to consult the May 2008 advice in the bug report and install
#liblocale-gettext-perl in the same dpkg command as the main perl installs.
#Yes, Yes, I should not be doing dpkg installs I should be using friendly apt-get or clever
#aptitude - however as the first bit of this note shows - the predependency libc6 findutils
#problem killed any attempt to do things the 'recommended' way and so I took over.

#: #root@1i14z512(archives) ;ls *perl*10* | xargs -r dpkg --force-depends --auto-deconfigure --install libtext-iconv-perl_1.7-1build1_i386.deb
#aptitude and any automated upgrade from gutsy to intrepid will likely complain with the
#occassional perl message if you try it (perl based) without already having
#libtext-iconv-perl_1.7-1build1_i386.deb installed.
#The perl bit of this bug report belongs elsewhere but might be taken out of context otherwise and produce stock response of
#"use aptitude or apt-get for upgrades..."

The current state of my (?Intrepid alpha 5?) system after attempting to manually get on with the upgrade from Gutsy to Intrepid and overcome all dependency trouble I encountered is attached with extension .dpkl and is output from 'dpkg -l'

Contents of /etc/lsb-release do not seem to have been moved on yet and still show the previous installation details (Gutsy)
: #root@1i14z512(archives) ;cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=7.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=gutsy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 7.10"