I hesitated tagging this as RC because it currently breaks unstable installs
with D-I....but I leave this up to you, Mathias.
Installing bash with debootstrap fails:
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: Setting up bash (3.1-1) ...
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: cat:
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: /etc/shells
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: : No such file or directory
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap:
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: Either another instance of /usr/sbin/add-shell is running, or it was previously interrupted.
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: Please examine /etc/shells.tmp to see if it should be moved onto /etc/shells.
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: Setting up login (4.0.13-7) ...
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: dpkg: error processing bash (--configure):
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Dec 11 09:22:11 debootstrap:
Dec 11 09:22:11 debootstrap: Setting up lsb-base (3.0-12) ...
Dec 11 09:22:11 debootstrap: Setting up passwd (4.0.13-7) ...
Dec 11 09:22:14 debootstrap:
Dec 11 09:22:14 debootstrap: Setting up initscripts (2.86.ds1-6) ...
Dec 11 09:22:16 debootstrap:
Dec 11 09:22:16 debootstrap: Setting up sysvinit (2.86.ds1-6) ...
Dec 11 09:22:16 debootstrap: sysvinit: creating /dev/initctl
Dec 11 09:22:19 debootstrap: init:
Dec 11 09:22:19 debootstrap: timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl
Dec 11 09:22:19 debootstrap:
Dec 11 09:22:19 debootstrap: Setting up debconf-i18n (1.4.62) ...
Dec 11 09:22:19 debootstrap: Setting up debconf (1.4.62) ...
Dec 11 09:22:20 debootstrap:
Dec 11 09:22:20 debootstrap: Errors were encountered while processing:
Dec 11 09:22:20 debootstrap: bash
This can be reproduced with debootstrap itself. It breaks all installs of
unstable with Debian Installer, also.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.13-1-686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages bash depends on:
ii base-files 3.1.9 Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii libc6 2.3.5-8.1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii passwd 1:4.0.13-7 change and administer password and
Package: bash
Version: 3.1-1
Severity: important
I hesitated tagging this as RC because it currently breaks unstable installs
with D-I....but I leave this up to you, Mathias.
Installing bash with debootstrap fails:
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: Setting up bash (3.1-1) ...
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: cat:
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: /etc/shells
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: : No such file or directory
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap:
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: Either another instance of /usr/sbin/add-shell is running, or it was previously interrupted.
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: Please examine /etc/shells.tmp to see if it should be moved onto /etc/shells.
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: Setting up login (4.0.13-7) ...
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: dpkg: error processing bash (--configure):
Dec 11 09:22:10 debootstrap: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Dec 11 09:22:11 debootstrap:
Dec 11 09:22:11 debootstrap: Setting up lsb-base (3.0-12) ...
Dec 11 09:22:11 debootstrap: Setting up passwd (4.0.13-7) ...
Dec 11 09:22:14 debootstrap:
Dec 11 09:22:14 debootstrap: Setting up initscripts (2.86.ds1-6) ...
Dec 11 09:22:16 debootstrap:
Dec 11 09:22:16 debootstrap: Setting up sysvinit (2.86.ds1-6) ...
Dec 11 09:22:16 debootstrap: sysvinit: creating /dev/initctl
Dec 11 09:22:19 debootstrap: init:
Dec 11 09:22:19 debootstrap: timeout opening/writing control channel /dev/initctl
Dec 11 09:22:19 debootstrap:
Dec 11 09:22:19 debootstrap: Setting up debconf-i18n (1.4.62) ...
Dec 11 09:22:19 debootstrap: Setting up debconf (1.4.62) ...
Dec 11 09:22:20 debootstrap:
Dec 11 09:22:20 debootstrap: Errors were encountered while processing:
Dec 11 09:22:20 debootstrap: bash
This can be reproduced with debootstrap itself. It breaks all installs of
unstable with Debian Installer, also.
-- System Information: fr_FR.UTF- 8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.13-1-686
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=
Versions of packages bash depends on:
ii base-files 3.1.9 Debian base system miscellaneous f
ii libc6 2.3.5-8.1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii passwd 1:4.0.13-7 change and administer password and
bash recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information