Control: forcemerge 788819 -1 Hi!
On Thu, 2015-07-16 at 14:21:21 +0200, Bertrand Bonnefoy-Claudet wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.17.25 > Severity: normal > I can't upgrade my system because `apt-get upgrade` fails with: > > # apt-get upgrade > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Calculating upgrade... Done > The following packages will be upgraded: > bind9-host dnsutils host libbind9-90 libcupsfilters1 libdns-export100 > libdns100 libirs-export91 libisc-export95 libisc95 libisccc90 > libisccfg-export90 libisccfg90 liblwres90 libwmf-bin libwmf0.2-7 > 16 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0 B/2,216 kB of archives. > After this operation, 317 kB disk space will be freed. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] > Reading changelogs... Done > fish: Illegal command name “(test -x /usr/lib/needrestart/dpkg-status && > /usr/lib/needrestart/dpkg-status || cat > /dev/null)” > Standard input: (test -x /usr/lib/needrestart/dpkg-status && > /usr/lib/needrestart/dpkg-status || cat > /dev/null) > ^ > (Reading database ... 108004 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack .../libcupsfilters1_1.0.61-5+deb8u1_amd64.deb ... > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly > > I am using fish as my default shell and I believe I can work around this issue > by setting it back to a POSIX compliant shell. This issue has been reported > for needrestart [1] but it is now 'wontfix' because it seems to be related to > dpkg instead. > > Shouldn't dpkg use sh explicitly to execute its scripts? Yes. I've already got a fix locally as mentioned on the other bug, which will be included in the upcoming 1.18.2 release, which unfortunately has been delayed a bit. :/ As a temporary workaround I guess you might be able to prefix that command in the conffile with «sh -c»? Thanks, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
