I just did this thanks to this tip:
https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/Using https://wiki.debian.org/LTS https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/FAQ Joe From: Russell Jones <russell-l...@jonesmail.me> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: 09/29/2014 07:40 PM Subject: Re: Trying to upgrade bash on squeeze, running into errors Hi Don, Thanks for the help! It looks like the diversion does exist, so doesn't look like that's the issue: local diversion of /bin/sh to /bin/sh.distrib I am not wanting to change the default shell, just trying to upgrade bash to close the Shellshock vulnerability. Any further ideas on how to get past this issue? Thanks! On 9/26/2014 6:43 PM, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Fri, 26 Sep 2014, Russell Jones wrote: >> I've seen several posts about this Bash upgrade issue, but no real >> answers on how to get past it. Any assistance would be appreciated, >> thank you! > This looks like the diversions for /bin/sh got removed or otherwise > improperly modified at some point in time. > > dpkg-divert --list '/bin/sh*'; > > will show you what the diversions are. > > You should have a diversion of /bin/sh to /bin/sh.distrib by dash or by > bash (depending on which of them you want to be the default shell). > > If the diversion doesn't exist, then you probably want to run the > following (for dash to be the default shell) > > dpkg-divert --package dash --divert /bin/sh.distrib --add /bin/sh; > dpkg-divert --package dash --divert /usr/share/man/man1/sh.distrib.1.gz \ > --add /usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz; > > or similar. > > In theory, running /var/lib/dpkg/info/dash.preinst; should also do this > for you. > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5429edd5.5030...@jonesmail.me
