Package: bash Version: 4.0-6 Severity: normal I do have dash installed, but I chose not to use it as /bin/sh (my /bin/sh is bash), so I guess predepending on dash solves nothing in my case. It should be possible to upgrade bash cleanly, even if bash is used as /bin/sh.
An install of bash 4.0-6 failed, (upgrading from 4.0-4) running --configure shows: $ sudo dpkg --configure -a [sudo] password for root: Processing triggers for menu ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing menu (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Processing triggers for man-db ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing man-db (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Setting up install-info (4.13a.dfsg.1-4) ... dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script: No such file or directory dpkg: error processing install-info (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Setting up bash (4.0-6) ... update-alternatives: using /usr/share/man/man7/bash-builtins.7.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man7/builtins.7.gz (builtins.7.gz) in auto mode. Errors were encountered while processing: menu man-db install-info Running the configure again worked, since the symlink was already restored: $ sudo dpkg --pending --configure Setting up menu (2.1.41) ... Ignoring install-info called from maintainer script The package menu should be rebuild with new debhelper to get trigger support Setting up man-db (2.5.6-1) ... Building database of manual pages ... Setting up install-info (4.13a.dfsg.1-4) ... install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/ispell.info.gz' install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/menu.info.gz' install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/lilypond-learning.info.gz' install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/source-highlight.info.gz' install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/lilypond-program.info.gz' install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/lilypond-snippets.info-images-dir-dep.gz' install-info: warning: no info dir entry in `/usr/share/info/lilypond.info-images-dir-dep.gz' Processing triggers for menu .. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.31 (SMP w/4 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages bash depends on: ii base-files 5.0.0 Debian base system miscellaneous f ii dash 0.5.5.1-2.3 POSIX-compliant shell ii debianutils 3.2.1 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii libc6 2.9-26 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand Versions of packages bash recommends: ii bash-completion 1:1.0-3 programmable completion for the ba Versions of packages bash suggests: ii bash-doc 4.0-4 Documentation and examples for the -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
