Bug#807185: mksh fails to install on systems with usrmerge

2016-01-07 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Jan 07, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Do you do something similar for ksh93? (They need to > stay in sync.) Yes, in #810158. But there is no need for lockstep upgrades or uploads. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#807185: mksh fails to install on systems with usrmerge

2016-01-07 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Marco d'Itri dixit: >The attached patch fixes mksh on merged /usr systems. Do you do something similar for ksh93? (They need to stay in sync.) + if [ ! -e /usr/bin/ksh -a ! -L /usr/bin/ksh ]; then This is not portable; consider this instead: + if test -e /usr/bin/ksh || test -h /us

Bug#807185: mksh fails to install on systems with usrmerge

2016-01-06 Thread Marco d'Itri
Control: reassign -1 mksh Control: tag -1 patch Control: subscribe -1 The attached patch fixes mksh on merged /usr systems. -- ciao, Marco diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index cc10857..e8182d0 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,3 +1,12 @@ +mksh (52-1.1)

Bug#807185: Processed: Re: Bug#807185: mksh fails to install on systems with usrmerge

2015-12-07 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Marco d'Itri dixit: >Yes, it is one of the only two other packages which need changes to >support merged-/usr, but its maintainer so far has not refused to work I just say that mksh and all other ksh providers need to match. bye, //mirabilos -- Yes, I hate users and I want them to suffer.

Bug#807185: Processed: Re: Bug#807185: mksh fails to install on systems with usrmerge

2015-12-06 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Dec 07, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > >It is up to you if you want to change or not the mksh package to support > Eh it’s up to *you* if you break other packages; mksh uses the I am not aware of any possible workaround that could be implemented in usrmerge. > same alternatives system pdksh did t

Bug#807185: Processed: Re: Bug#807185: mksh fails to install on systems with usrmerge

2015-12-06 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Marco d'Itri dixit: >It is up to you if you want to change or not the mksh package to support Eh it’s up to *you* if you break other packages; mksh uses the same alternatives system pdksh did to coexist with ksh93, which probably shares that fate.

Bug#807185: Processed: Re: Bug#807185: mksh fails to install on systems with usrmerge

2015-12-06 Thread Marco d'Itri
User: m...@linux.it Usertags: usrmerge It is up to you if you want to change or not the mksh package to support a merged-/usr system, but if you do not then I can only make usrmerge conflict with it. -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Bug#807185: mksh fails to install on systems with usrmerge

2015-12-06 Thread Thorsten Glaser
reassign 807185 usrmerge thanks Julian Andres Klode dixit: >Installing mksh on a system with usrmerge installed, that is, >/ merged into /usr fails: Huh. Why would anyone do that. >update-alternatives: using /bin/mksh to provide /bin/ksh (ksh) in auto mode >update-alternatives: error: unable to

Bug#807185: mksh fails to install on systems with usrmerge

2015-12-06 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Package: mksh, usrmerge Severity: normal Installing mksh on a system with usrmerge installed, that is, / merged into /usr fails: update-alternatives: using /bin/mksh to provide /bin/ksh (ksh) in auto mode update-alternatives: error: unable to install '/usr/bin/ksh.dpkg-tmp' as '/usr/bin/ksh': No