On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 02:46:05PM -0400, Jean Schurger wrote: > Package: grep > Version: 2.20-3 > Severity: normal > > Dear Maintainer, > > *** Reporter, please consider answering these questions, where appropriate *** > > * What led up to the situation? > > (not kidding), removing bash prevent /bin/egrep to work. > > * What exactly did you do (or not do) that was effective (or > ineffective)? > > apt-get remove --purge bash > > * What was the outcome of this action? > > /bin/egrep stopped working > > * What outcome did you expect instead? > > Either depends on the bash package or use the /bin/sh shebang >
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