Re: ALERT: XFree86 4.1.0-3 maintainer scripts hosed; please wait for 4.1.0-4

[Julian Gilbey <J.D.Gilbey@qmw.ac.uk>]

On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 12:33:08AM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote:
> and just in case it is not obvious (or too scary)...
> 
> If you have sh linked to ash:
> $ rm /bin/sh
> $ ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh
> <dselect -> install, or whatever>
> 
> ...is now working away to install the 58 broken packages I accumulated
> over the last couple of upgrades.
> 
> Branden, is there anyone who should not do the above?

Nobody should do that: if something goes wrong between the two
commands, you won't have a /bin/sh!  That's *BAD*.  Much better is the
single command:

$ ln -sf bash /bin/sh

   Julian

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