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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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