On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Zephaniah E. Hull wrote: > On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 12:33:08AM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > <snip> > > and just in case it is not obvious (or too scary)... > > > > If you have sh linked to ash: > > $ rm /bin/sh > > $ ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh > > <dselect -> install, or whatever> > > > > ...is now working away to install the 58 broken packages I accumulated > > over the last couple of upgrades. > > > > Branden, is there anyone who should not do the above? > > Yes, almost everyone. > > The proper command is 'dpkg --purge ash'.
Seems a little heavy handed to me. Ash is not broken, it just needs to be moved out of the way. Dselect is done... ln -s /bin/ash /bin/sh and all is well again. - Bruce
