* Charles Hallenbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-14 14:51:22 -0400]:
> The strange problem of the "not fully installed or removed" packages I > have been reporting has been resolved... Hooray! > > It seems that a short while ago I have switched shells from bash to zsh > to explore its new features. I did it gradually, first doing a usermod > for each of my accounts to make /bin/zsh the login shell, then after > hammering out an agreeable configuration, changing the symbolic link > /bin/sh to point to /bin/zsh instead of /bin/bash. > > After looking at those files in /var/lib/dpkg/info mentioned by Dave and > Joey, I changed the link to point to /bin/bash again, re-ran apt-get -f > install successfully, then ran apt-get upgrade also successfully, and I > have a resolved system. > > But why? I do upgrades at least once a day, and they usually went > without a hitch using zsh. But evidently this was somehow the cause of > the current problem. > Hmm... > It's a little vague to report it as a zsh bug just yet, I think. Agreed. I think it's more of a problem with APT. It should call bash if it wants to use it. > So what do I do? give up zsh? > Nah. Figure out how to make APT point to BASH and file the bug there. Be interesting to see what the APT people have to say. -- Cheers, Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
