On Mon, Nov 01, 2010 at 11:36:44AM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > > I still have bash as /bin/sh on that system and trying to reconfigure > > dash to be /bin/sh again, still causes this problem: > > > > 4/0/0 r...@acromantula:pts/3 17:08:08 [~] # dpkg-reconfigure dash > > dpkg-divert: mismatch on package > > when removing `diversion of /bin/sh by dash' > > found `diversion of /bin/sh to /bin/sh.distrib by bash' > > Based on > > strace -f -o log -e execve dpkg-reconfigure dash > > [...] > > Could you try that strace command and see how dpkg-divert is called?
Here is it: 11850 execve("/usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure", ["dpkg-reconfigure", "dash"], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0 11851 execve("/usr/local/sbin/locale", ["locale", "charmap"], [/* 17 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 11851 execve("/usr/local/bin/locale", ["locale", "charmap"], [/* 17 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 11851 execve("/usr/sbin/locale", ["locale", "charmap"], [/* 17 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 11851 execve("/usr/bin/locale", ["locale", "charmap"], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0 11850 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 11852 execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "stty -a 2>/dev/null"], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0 11853 execve("/bin/stty", ["stty", "-a"], [/* 16 vars */]) = 0 11852 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 11850 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 11854 execve("/bin/sh", ["sh", "-c", "stty -a 2>/dev/null"], [/* 17 vars */]) = 0 11855 execve("/bin/stty", ["stty", "-a"], [/* 16 vars */]) = 0 11854 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 11850 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 11856 execve("/usr/local/sbin/dpkg", ["dpkg", "--status", "dash"], [/* 18 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 11856 execve("/usr/local/bin/dpkg", ["dpkg", "--status", "dash"], [/* 18 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 11856 execve("/usr/sbin/dpkg", ["dpkg", "--status", "dash"], [/* 18 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 11856 execve("/usr/bin/dpkg", ["dpkg", "--status", "dash"], [/* 18 vars */]) = 0 11856 execve("/usr/local/sbin/dpkg-query", ["dpkg-query", "--status", "--", "dash"], [/* 18 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 11856 execve("/usr/local/bin/dpkg-query", ["dpkg-query", "--status", "--", "dash"], [/* 18 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 11856 execve("/usr/sbin/dpkg-query", ["dpkg-query", "--status", "--", "dash"], [/* 18 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 11856 execve("/usr/bin/dpkg-query", ["dpkg-query", "--status", "--", "dash"], [/* 18 vars */]) = 0 11850 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 11857 execve("/var/lib/dpkg/info/dash.prerm", ["/var/lib/dpkg/info/dash.prerm", "upgrade", "0.5.5.1-6"], [/* 18 vars */]) = 0 11850 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 11858 execve("/var/lib/dpkg/info/dash.config", ["/var/lib/dpkg/info/dash.config", "reconfigure", "0.5.5.1-6"], [/* 19 vars */]) = 0 11859 execve("/usr/bin/locale", ["/usr/bin/locale", "charmap"], [/* 19 vars */]) = 0 11850 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 11860 execve("/usr/local/sbin/whiptail", ["whiptail", "--backtitle", "Package configuration", "--title", "Configuring dash", "--output-fd", "11", "--defaultno", "--yesno", "--", "The system shell is the default "..., "12", "77"], [/* 19 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 11860 execve("/usr/local/bin/whiptail", ["whiptail", "--backtitle", "Package configuration", "--title", "Configuring dash", "--output-fd", "11", "--defaultno", "--yesno", "--", "The system shell is the default "..., "12", "77"], [/* 19 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 11860 execve("/usr/sbin/whiptail", ["whiptail", "--backtitle", "Package configuration", "--title", "Configuring dash", "--output-fd", "11", "--defaultno", "--yesno", "--", "The system shell is the default "..., "12", "77"], [/* 19 vars */]) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 11860 execve("/usr/bin/whiptail", ["whiptail", "--backtitle", "Package configuration", "--title", "Configuring dash", "--output-fd", "11", "--defaultno", "--yesno", "--", "The system shell is the default "..., "12", "77"], [/* 19 vars */]) = 0 11850 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 11850 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 11861 execve("/var/lib/dpkg/info/dash.postinst", ["/var/lib/dpkg/info/dash.postinst", "configure", "0.5.5.1-6"], [/* 19 vars */]) = 0 11862 execve("/usr/bin/dpkg", ["dpkg", "--compare-versions", "0.5.5.1-6", "lt", "0.4.18"], [/* 19 vars */]) = 0 11861 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 11863 execve("/usr/sbin/dpkg-divert", ["dpkg-divert", "--listpackage", "/bin/sh"], [/* 19 vars */]) = 0 11861 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 11864 execve("/usr/sbin/dpkg-divert", ["dpkg-divert", "--truename", "/bin/sh"], [/* 19 vars */]) = 0 11861 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 11865 execve("/usr/sbin/dpkg-divert", ["dpkg-divert", "--package", "dash", "--remove", "/bin/sh"], [/* 19 vars */]) = 0 11861 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- 11850 --- SIGCHLD (Child exited) @ 0 (0) --- Kind regards, Axel -- /~\ Plain Text Ribbon Campaign | Axel Beckert \ / Say No to HTML in E-Mail and News | a...@deuxchevaux.org (Mail) X See http://www.asciiribbon.org/ | a...@noone.org (Mail+Jabber) / \ I love long mails: http://email.is-not-s.ms/ | http://noone.org/abe/ (Web) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org