On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 09:05:56AM +0200, Jack Knowlton wrote: > On Thu, August 6, 2009 8:02 am, Sven Joachim wrote: > > On 2009-08-06 00:11 +0200, Jack Knowlton wrote: > > > >> Coming back from a month-long trip, I decided to safe-upgrade my debian > >> unstable desktop. Among the hundreds of new packages, apt seemed eager > >> to > >> install (or upgrade, I'm not sure) dash. > > > > This is intended. > > > >> Unfortunately, something seems to have gone terribly wrong and I would > >> like to complete successfully the upgrade before rebooting the box. > >> Here's > >> what aptitude is complaining about: > >> > >> Unpacking dash (from .../dash_0.5.5.1-2.3_amd64.deb) ... > >> Adding `diversion of /bin/sh to /bin/sh.distrib by dash' > >> Adding `diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz to > >> /usr/share/man/man1/sh.distrib.1.gz by dash' > >> dpkg (subprocess): unable to exec dpkg-deb to get filesystem archive: No > >> such file or directory > > > > That sounds as if you had lost dpkg-deb, which would be very worrisome. > > Did you upgrade dpkg as well, and did anything go wrong with it? Check > > whether /usr/bin/dpkg-deb exists and is executable, and look into > > /var/log/dpkg.log for recently installed/upgraded/removed packages. > > > > Sven > > > > > > Fortunately, after a little digging, I found out aptitude symlinked > /bin/sh -> dash before actually installing it. Now everything's cool again > :D > > -JK
That *could* be a bug. It may be worth looking to see if anyone else has seen it, and filing it if no-one has. Of course, if this is the wrong course of action, I'm sure someone will correct me. Cheers, -- Eric Gerlach, Network Administrator Federation of Students University of Waterloo p: (519) 888-4567 x36329 e: egerl...@feds.uwaterloo.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
