On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Wonko wrote: > i reinstalled linux using the base floppies and decided instead of > apt-getting slink i'd go straight for potato. i updated the packages in > dselect and then selected what packages to install after d/ling for 2 > days (250Mb) it finally finished but there were some errors in the end > of install, i did update packages again and then i had to d/l 15mb more > after that i did config and there was an error something like cannot > execute script apt -configure. i shutdown (shutdown -h now didn't work > but i payed no attention) when i restarted there was an error saying
You have been bitten by the latest bash bug in potato, sorry :< The best recovery solution is to get a rescue disk, mount your hard drive and then use dpkg-deb or ar to extract bash by hand. From the rescue disk these commands might work: mount /dev/hd?? /mnt cd mnt export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./lib/ usr/bin/dpkg-deb --extract var/cache/apt/archives/bash*.deb /mnt/ sync cd / umount /mnt sync <reboot> I haven't tested exactly that sequence from the rescue disk, but I have verified that the crucial command, dpkg-deb, does work fine. Jason
