Re: apt-get broken, packages not fully installed or removed (solved?)
* Charles Hallenbeck <chuckh@hhs48.com> [2006-06-14 14:51:22 -0400]:
> The strange problem of the "not fully installed or removed" packages I
> have been reporting has been resolved...
Hooray!
>
> It seems that a short while ago I have switched shells from bash to zsh
> to explore its new features. I did it gradually, first doing a usermod
> for each of my accounts to make /bin/zsh the login shell, then after
> hammering out an agreeable configuration, changing the symbolic link
> /bin/sh to point to /bin/zsh instead of /bin/bash.
>
> After looking at those files in /var/lib/dpkg/info mentioned by Dave and
> Joey, I changed the link to point to /bin/bash again, re-ran apt-get -f
> install successfully, then ran apt-get upgrade also successfully, and I
> have a resolved system.
>
> But why? I do upgrades at least once a day, and they usually went
> without a hitch using zsh. But evidently this was somehow the cause of
> the current problem.
>
Hmm...
> It's a little vague to report it as a zsh bug just yet, I think.
Agreed. I think it's more of a problem with APT. It should call bash if it
wants to use it.
> So what do I do? give up zsh?
>
Nah. Figure out how to make APT point to BASH and file the bug there. Be
interesting to see what the APT people have to say.
--
Cheers,
Dave
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