Package: dash Version: 0.5.5.1-2 Severity: critical I just tested a d-i installation of unstable, and debootstrap failed because dash was unable to install as it should. dash is now a dependency of bash, and this was thus a fatal error. The problem seem to be that the /etc/shells file is missing when dash is being configured. I'm making this a RC bug, as it would make it impossible to install debian if it stay this way until Squeeze is released.
The dash package calls add-shells, which is part of the debianutils package, and this script seem unable to handle a missing /etc/shells. I suspect the correct fix is to list debianutils as a dependency of dash, to make sure it create /etc/shells before add-shells is called by dash. Here are the relevant messages from d-i syslog: Jul 22 09:06:41 debootstrap: Selecting previously deselected package dash. Jul 22 09:06:41 debootstrap: Unpacking dash (from .../dash_0.5.5.1-2_i386.deb) ... [...] Jul 22 09:06:41 debootstrap: Selecting previously deselected package debianutils. Jul 22 09:06:41 debootstrap: Unpacking debianutils (from .../debianutils_3.2_i386.deb) ... [...] Jul 22 09:06:48 debootstrap: Setting up dash (0.5.5.1-2) ... Jul 22 09:06:49 debootstrap: cat: Jul 22 09:06:49 debootstrap: /etc/shells Jul 22 09:06:49 debootstrap: : No such file or directory Jul 22 09:06:49 debootstrap: Jul 22 09:06:49 debootstrap: Either another instance of /usr/sbin/add-shell is running, or it was previously interrupted. Jul 22 09:06:49 debootstrap: Please examine /etc/shells.tmp to see if it should be moved onto /etc/shells. Jul 22 09:06:49 debootstrap: dpkg: error processing dash (--configure): Jul 22 09:06:49 debootstrap: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Jul 22 09:06:49 debootstrap: Setting up debianutils (3.2) ... [...] Jul 22 09:06:56 debootstrap: Setting up bash (3.2-6) ... Jul 22 09:06:56 debootstrap: dpkg: bash: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested: Jul 22 09:06:56 debootstrap: bash depends on dash; however: Jul 22 09:06:56 debootstrap: Package dash is not configured yet. Jul 22 09:06:56 debootstrap: update-alternatives: using /usr/share/man/man7/bash-builtins.7.gz to provide /usr/share/man/man7/builtins.7.gz (builtins.7.gz) in auto mode. Jul 22 09:06:57 debootstrap: Errors were encountered while processing: Jul 22 09:06:57 debootstrap: dash Jul 22 09:08:33 base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/debootstrap-failed Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
