RE: Problem: bash 2.01 dumps core!
And why didn't you update libreadline2 (withoug 'g') too, as the
dependency suggested? That worked like a charm for me.
Michael
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Joey Hess [SMTP:joey@kite.ml.org]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 1997 4:12 AM
>To: Christian Hudon
>Cc: Die Adresse des Empfängers ist unbekannt.
>Subject: Re: Problem: bash 2.01 dumps core!
>
>Christian Hudon:
>> I hit a <ahem> small problem while installing packages from
>> Incoming... Bash now dumps core on startup. And one of the interesting side
>> effects of this is that I can't install/remove packages anymore:
>
>> The bash install failed because I didn't have libreadlineg2 installed. Then
>> at some point in the middle (can't more precise, I can't scroll back far
>> enough) all the prerm's started dumping core when invoked.
>
>FWIW, I hit the same problem yesterday. I was only trying to install 3
>packages, the new bash, libreadlineg2 and libreadlineg2-dev. Dpkg didn't
>want to let me remove libreadline2 so I could replace it with libreadlineg2,
>so I did a --force-depends and managed to trash my system.
>
>I found the fix easy - copy an older version of bash over via a nfs link
>and then downgrade the packages.
>
>I've tried to reproduce my problems of last night again, so I can show the
>actual error messages. Here we go..
>
>First the obvious thing, which of course doesn't work..
>
>[root@kite] /tmp>dpkg -i bash_2.01-0.1_i386.deb
>dpkg: regarding bash_2.01-0.1_i386.deb containing bash, pre-dependency
>problem:
> bash pre-depends on libreadlineg2 (>= 2.1-2.1)
>dpkg: error processing bash_2.01-0.1_i386.deb (--install):
> pre-dependency problem - not installing bash
>Errors were encountered while processing:
>
>So I tried to install that library:
>
>[root@kite] /tmp>dpkg -i libreadlineg2_2.1-2.1_i386.deb
>Selecting previously deselected package libreadlineg2.
>dpkg: regarding libreadlineg2_2.1-2.1_i386.deb containing libreadlineg2:
> libreadlineg2 conflicts with libreadline2 (<< 2.1-2.1)
> libreadline2 (version 2.1-2) is installed.
>dpkg: error processing libreadlineg2_2.1-2.1_i386.deb (--install):
> conflicting packages - not installing libreadlineg2
>Errors were encountered while processing:
> libreadlineg2_2.1-2.1_i386.deb
>
>So then tried to install the library and bash at the same time (along with
>the libreadline -dev package):
>
>[root@kite] /tmp>dpkg -i libreadlineg*.deb bash*.deb
>(Reading database ... 35086 files and directories currently installed.)
>Preparing to replace libreadlineg2-dev 2.1-2.1 (using
>libreadlineg2-dev_2.1-2.1_i386.deb) ...
>Unpacking replacement libreadlineg2-dev ...
>dpkg: considering removing libreadline2 in favour of libreadlineg2 ...
>dpkg: no, cannot remove libreadline2 (--auto-deconfigure will help):
> bash pre-depends on libreadline2 (>= 2.1)
> libreadline2 is to be removed.
>dpkg: regarding libreadlineg2_2.1-2.1_i386.deb containing libreadlineg2:
> libreadlineg2 conflicts with libreadline2 (<< 2.1-2.1)
> libreadline2 (version 2.1-2) is installed.
>dpkg: error processing libreadlineg2_2.1-2.1_i386.deb (--install):
> conflicting packages - not installing libreadlineg2
>dpkg: regarding bash_2.01-0.1_i386.deb containing bash, pre-dependency
>problem:
> bash pre-depends on libreadlineg2 (>= 2.1-2.1)
> libreadline2 is to be removed.
>dpkg: regarding libreadlineg2_2.1-2.1_i386.deb containing libreadlineg2:
> libreadlineg2 conflicts with libreadline2 (<< 2.1-2.1)
> libreadline2 (version 2.1-2) is installed.
>dpkg: error processing libreadlineg2_2.1-2.1_i386.deb (--install):
> conflicting packages - not installing libreadlineg2
>dpkg: regarding bash_2.01-0.1_i386.deb containing bash, pre-dependency
>problem:
> bash pre-depends on libreadlineg2 (>= 2.1-2.1)
>dpkg: error processing bash_2.01-0.1_i386.deb (--install):
> pre-dependency problem - not installing bash
>dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libreadlineg2-dev:
> libreadlineg2-dev depends on libreadlineg2 (= 2.1-2.1); however:
> Package libreadlineg2 is not installed.
>dpkg: error processing libreadlineg2-dev (--install):
> dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
>Errors were encountered while processing:
> libreadlineg2_2.1-2.1_i386.deb
> bash_2.01-0.1_i386.deb
> libreadlineg2-dev
>
>At this point, no harm has been done, but I'm stuck... I can't see any way
>to make it install bash and the libreadlineg2 package. So I start forcing
>things, and immediatly break my system:
>
>[root@kite] /tmp>dpkg --force-depends -i bash_2.01-0.1_i386.deb
>dpkg: regarding bash_2.01-0.1_i386.deb containing bash, pre-dependency
>problem:
> bash pre-depends on libreadlineg2 (>= 2.1-2.1)
>dpkg: warning - ignoring pre-dependency problem !
>(Reading database ... 35086 files and directories currently installed.)
>Preparing to replace bash 2.0-3 (using bash_2.01-0.1_i386.deb) ...
>Unpacking replacement bash ...
>dpkg: bash: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you request:
> bash depends on libreadlineg2 (>= 2.1-2.1); however:
> Package libreadlineg2 is not installed.
>Setting up bash (2.01-0.1) ...
>sh: error in loading shared libraries
>: undefined symbol: tilde_expansion_preexpansion_hook
>dpkg: error processing bash (--install):
> subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
>Errors were encountered while processing:
> bash
>[root@kite] /tmp>bash
>bash: error in loading shared libraries
>: undefined symbol: tilde_expansion_preexpansion_hook
>
>Fixing the problem:
>
>[root@kite] /tmp>cp bash /bin/bash
>[root@kite] /tmp>bash
>bash-2.00# exit
>[root@kite] /tmp>dpkg -C
>The following packages have been unpacked but not yet configured.
>They must be configured using dpkg --configure or the configure
>menu option in dselect for them to work:
> ddd The Data Display Debugger, a graphical frontend
>forGDB.
> libreadlineg2-dev GNU readline and history libraries, development
>files.[l
> libgdbmg1-dev GNU dbm database routines (development files)
>[libc6vers
> lftp Sophisticated command-line FTP client programs
>
>The following packages are only half configured, probably due to problems
>configuring them the first time. The configuration should be retried using
>dpkg --configure <package> or the configure menu option in dselect:
> bash The GNU Bourne Again SHell
>
>[root@kite] /tmp>dpkg -i
>/var/mirror/debian/hamm/hamm/binary/base/bash_2.0-3.deb
>(Reading database ... 35089 files and directories currently installed.)
>Preparing to replace bash 2.01-0.1 (using .../binary/base/bash_2.0-3.deb)
>...
>Unpacking replacement bash ...
>Setting up bash (2.0-3) ...
>
>I have now figured out how to make it work, though:
>
>dpkg --force-depends -i bash.deb libreadlineg2.deb
>
>This seems to work ok, but is dselect going to know how to do it? I don't
>think so.
>
>--
>see shy jo
>
>I've been on vacation - sorry for any delay in this email.
>
>
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