On 12/30/20 4:57 PM, Harri Suutari wrote:
> Problem solved (sort of) by commenting out lines in /etc/profile:
>
> ## include /etc/bash.bashrc if it exists
> #if [ -f /etc/bash.bashrc ]; then
> # . /etc/bash.bashrc
> #fi
>
> I had had this inclusion in /etc/profile for at least 15 years, and this
> seemed to be the 1st time it caused a problem.
> I read "man dash" and noticed Dash also uses /etc/profile, so probably Bash
> specific configuration there is not a good
> idea anymore.
>
> Update of Debian to Buster earlier asked about changing from sh to dash, so I
> let it do it.
>
>>>> Error logs seem to be:
>>>> -sh: 11: /etc/bash.bashrc: shopt: not found
>>>> -sh: 35: /etc/bash.bashrc: shopt: not found
>>>> -sh: 26: /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion: Syntax error: "("
>>>> unexpected
>>>>
>>> This appears to come from the following command in the postinst script:
>>>
>>> su -l sympa -s /bin/sh -c "/usr/lib/sympa/bin/sympa.pl
>>> --upgrade_config_location"
>>>
>>> Which shell is used for the Sympa user (getent passwd sympa) ?
>>>
>>> Which shell is /bin/sh on your system?
>>>
> # getent passwd sympa
> sympa:x:148:159:Sympa mailing list manager,,,:/var/lib/sympa:/bin/false
>
> # ls -al /bin/sh
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Feb 10 2020 /bin/sh -> dash
>
>
>> It might be a similar problem to
>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737621.
>
> Yes, directly related to bash / dash / sh shells. Older systems have had
> different defaults during installation, which
> seems to backfire sometimes.
>
>
Thanks for the information. That helps me to reproduce the problem and maybe
prevent the error.
Regards
Racke
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