Re: upgrade of libc6 impossible

[Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org>]

At 22:17 +0100 2000-03-01, Werner Reisberger wrote:
>I got the following error message when trying to upgrade:
>
>  (Reading database ... 7888 files and directories currently installed.)
>  Preparing to replace libc6 2.1.1-3 (using libc6_2.1.3-5.deb) ...
>  dirname: too many arguments
>  Try `dirname --help' for more information.
>  pushd: not found
>  dpkg: error processing libc6_2.1.3-5.deb (--install):
>   subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 127
>  Errors were encountered while processing:
>   libc6_2.1.3-5.deb
>
>Any hints?

Sorry, there's an inadvertant bashism in the preinst (and postinst).

I'll fix this in 2.1.3-6.
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