dash installs/reinstalls it fine here:
vanzandt:/usr/local/src/adjtimex/deb/adjtimex-1.28# sudo debi
(Reading database ... 290479 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace adjtimex 1.28-3 (using adjtimex_1.28-3_i386.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement adjtimex ...
Setting up adjtimex (1.28-3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
vanzandt:/usr/local/src/adjtimex/deb/adjtimex-1.28# ls -l /bin/sh
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Feb 27 13:05 /bin/sh -> dash
vanzandt:/usr/local/src/adjtimex/deb/adjtimex-1.28# dpkg --purge adjtimex
(Reading database ... 290478 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing adjtimex ...
Purging configuration files for adjtimex ...
removing debconf db entries
Use of uninitialized value $template in length at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 212, <GEN0> line 1.
removed debconf db entries
Use of uninitialized value $template in length at
/usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 212, <GEN0> line 2.
Processing triggers for man-db ...
vanzandt:/usr/local/src/adjtimex/deb/adjtimex-1.28# sudo debi
Selecting previously deselected package adjtimex.
(Reading database ... 290467 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking adjtimex (from adjtimex_1.28-3_i386.deb) ...
Setting up adjtimex (1.28-3) ...
Configuring adjtimex
--------------------
Running adjtimex at system startup will set the kernel time parameters to the
values in /etc/default/adjtimex.
...
Regulating system clock...done.
Comparing clocks (this will take 70 sec)...done.
Adjusting system time by -7.2242 sec/day to agree with CMOS clock...done.
Processing triggers for man-db ...
vanzandt:/usr/local/src/adjtimex/deb/adjtimex-1.28#
I see your second attempt succeeded. Maybe that wasn't because of
bash, but just because it was the second attempt. To help track this
down, I'd appreciate some more information:
- Your printout reports a problem with a paren in
/etc/default/adjtimex. Could you report the contents of that file
before the first installation attempt? (e.g. from the previous
backup file. You do have backups, right? :-)
- Is the problem repeatable, by re-installing 1.28-3, or by
downgrading to your previous version of adjtimex then installing
1.28-3, or by purging adjtimex then installing 1.28-3? Please type
out the contents of /etc/default/adjtimex before each installation
attempt, in case that tells us something.
- What version of adjtimex were you replacing?
- What version of dash do you have installed? (I am using
0.5.5.1-3).
Thanks for your report.
- Jim Van Zandt
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
