Package: tex-common Version: 0.36 Severity: serious My default shell is dash. An upgrade fails with the following message:
Setting up tex-common (0.36) ... /var/lib/dpkg/info/tex-common.postinst: 91: Syntax error: Bad substitution dpkg: error processing tex-common (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: tex-common E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Running checkbashisms /var/lib/dpkg/info/tex-common.postinst yields: possible bashism in /var/lib/dpkg/info/tex-common.postinst line 91 (${parm/?/pat[/str]}): pattern=${pattern//\\/} # remove the slashes that escape the $ signs possible bashism in /var/lib/dpkg/info/tex-common.postinst line 840 (brace expansion): '\$TEXMF/{fonts/,}map//;\$TEXMF/dvips//|\.;\$TEXMF{/fonts/map,}{/\$progname,/pdftex,/dvips,}//' possible bashism in /var/lib/dpkg/info/tex-common.postinst line 842 (brace expansion): '\$TEXMF/{fonts/,}map//;\$TEXMF/dvips//|\.;\$TEXMF{/fonts/map,}{/\$progname,/pdftex,/dvips,}//' possible bashism in /var/lib/dpkg/info/tex-common.postinst line 846 (brace expansion): '/usr/share/texmf-{tetex,texlive}|/usr/share/texmf-{texlive,tetex}' possible bashism in /var/lib/dpkg/info/tex-common.postinst line 848 (brace expansion): '/usr/share/texmf-{tetex,texlive}|/usr/share/texmf-{texlive,tetex}' Cheers, Michael -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (300, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Kernel: Linux 2.6.19-rc3 Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages tex-common depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.7 Debian configuration management sy ii ucf 2.0016 Update Configuration File: preserv tex-common recommends no packages. Versions of packages tetex-base depends on: ii ucf 2.0016 Update Configuration File: preserv Versions of packages tetex-bin depends on: ii debconf [debconf-2.0] 1.5.7 Debian configuration management sy ii debianutils 2.17.3 Miscellaneous utilities specific t ii dialog 1.0-20060221-1 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii dpkg 1.13.24 package maintenance system for Deb ii ed 0.2-20 The classic unix line editor ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libfontconfig1 2.4.1-2 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.2.1-5 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libgcc1 1:4.1.1-17 GCC support library ii libice6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libjpeg62 6b-13 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG ii libkpathsea4 3.0-23 path search library for teTeX (run ii libpaper1 1.1.20 Library for handling paper charact ii libpng12-0 1.2.8rel-7 PNG library - runtime ii libpoppler0c2 0.4.5-5 PDF rendering library ii libsm6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Session Management library ii libstdc++6 4.1.1-17 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 ii libt1-5 5.1.0-2 Type 1 font rasterizer library - r ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-2 X11 client-side library ii libxaw7 1:1.0.2-4 X11 Athena Widget library ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension librar ii libxmu6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxpm4 1:3.5.5-2 X11 pixmap library ii libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii mime-support 3.37-1 MIME files 'mime.types' & 'mailcap ii perl 5.8.8-6.1 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction ii sed 4.1.5-1 The GNU sed stream editor ii tetex-base 3.0.dfsg.3-1 Basic TeX input files of teTeX ii ucf 2.0016 Update Configuration File: preserv ii whiptail 0.52.2-8 Displays user-friendly dialog boxe ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-13 compression library - runtime Versions of packages tetex-extra depends on: ii tetex-base 3.0.dfsg.3-1 Basic TeX input files of teTeX ii tetex-bin 3.0-23 The teTeX programs ii ucf 2.0016 Update Configuration File: preserv -- debconf information: tetex-base/olddat: true tetex-base/fmtutil-failed: tex-common/check_texmf_wrong: tex-common/check_texmf_missing: tex-common/singleuser: false tetex-base/oldupdm: tetex-base/updmap-failed: -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]