Re: IMPORTANT : latest bash intall fails and bash is no more usable!!!
>>>>> "VALETTE" == VALETTE Eric <valette@crf.canon.fr> writes:
VALETTE> I updated two debianppc system this morning and the last bash
VALETTE> version is bugged!!! (install failed...)
VALETTE> As a result, you cannot do su anymore which is a pain to update
VALETTE> the system again. People not having other shell installed may be
VALETTE> deadlocked!!!
VALETTE> I also use this mail to remember that the pdksh distributed is bogus
VALETTE> I have a working binary that I can upload anywhere...
VALETTE> I add to do :
VALETTE> 1) su --shell=/usr/bin/ksh
VALETTE> 2) mv /bin/bash /bin/bash.bug
VALETTE> 3) ln -s /usr/bin/ksh /bin/bash
Anwser to myself : in fact the package themseleves are not bugged
but the update procedure via dselect...
I did after renaming ksh to bash
1) cd /var/lib/dpkg/methods/ftp/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-powerpc/base
2) dpkg -i bash_2.02.1-1.4.deb <
(Reading database ... 21767 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace bash 2.01.1-4.1 (using bash_2.02.1-1.4.deb) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/bash.prerm: /home/valette/.kshrc[25]: bind: cannot bind, not a tty
/var/lib/dpkg/info/bash.prerm: /home/valette/.kshrc[26]: bind: cannot bind, not a tty
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: /home/valette/.kshrc[25]: bind: cannot bind, not a tty
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/preinst: /home/valette/.kshrc[26]: bind: cannot bind, not a tty
Unpacking replacement bash ...
Setting up bash (2.02.1-1.4) ...
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