Package: dash
Version: 0.5.5.1-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

Upgrading dash fails:
(Reading database ... 181192 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace dash 0.5.5.1-2 (using .../dash_0.5.5.1-2.2_amd64.deb) ...
Adding `diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz to 
/usr/share/man/man1/sh.distrib.1.gz by dash'
Unpacking replacement dash ...
dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dash_0.5.5.1-2.2_amd64.deb 
(--unpack):
 trying to overwrite `/bin/sh', which is also in package bash
Removing `diversion of /usr/share/man/man1/sh.1.gz to 
/usr/share/man/man1/sh.distrib.1.gz by dash'
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Processing triggers for menu ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/dash_0.5.5.1-2.2_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install.  Trying to recover:

If I understand this correctly bash should release the files and dash
should conflict with the current version of bash. In any case this is
not a smooth upgrade.

Helmut

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.28.7 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages dash depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.9-20     GNU C Library: Shared libraries

dash recommends no packages.

dash suggests no packages.

-- debconf information:
* dash/sh: false



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