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Re: bash package removing /bin/sh on upgrade



On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 03:00:51PM +0200, Torsten Landschoff wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 08:36:01AM -0400, Ivan E. Moore II wrote:
> > yea...I just did an update today and something decided to remove /bin/sh
> > during the upgrade...and didn't put it back before it was needed...
> > so if something hoses for you just recreate it by linking it to like
> > bash...
> If somebody could come up with a better method of handling this it would be
> most welcome.

Just having /bin/sh included in the .deb is Good Enough -- diversions work
as designed.

There's a different preinst in one of the bug reports, ummm, #34717 I think,
that does the diversion stuff itself, too.

Cheers,
aj

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