Raphael Geissert writes ("Switching /bin/sh to dash (part two)"):
> * Make dash essential, make it divert the current /bin/sh symlink by
> default, make another essential package depend on dash. Prompt the
> user before diverting on interactive upgrades.

This needs to be done with great care to ensure that at every point
there is a working /bin/sh.  Naive use of diversions will not ensure
this.

I would suggest stracing (with -Fff) the dpkg -i run of the new dash
package, to check that /bin/sh is updated in the proper manner.

Ian.


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