Yep, it appears theres a number of things that depend on BASH so uninstalling isnt an option in my case.
On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 5:45 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 26/09/14 17:38, Chris Barnes wrote: > >> thanks for the tip Mark, >> >> I had considered trying to install the BASH update for Wheezy on my >> Squeeze >> machines but the thought of getting the dependencies met seemed daunting. >> >> I tried your commands but as suspected, ran into dependency issues - >> Multiarch-support needs libc6 >= 2.13-5, updating libc6 requires a newer >> locales, and on it goes. >> >> The default shell on my systems is /bin/dash and /etc/passwd shows all >> accounts except mine and root have /bin/sh (dash) as their shell. So it >> might just be easier to change the shell for my account and roots account, >> and then uninstall BASH. >> > > I thought about doing this too, but what if scripts have > > #!/bin/bash > > Probably they shouldn't, but that doesn't mean they don't. > > > > >> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Mark Anthony Delfin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> For some of my debian 6 test boxes I did >>> >>> wget >>> http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/ >>> main/e/eglibc/multiarch-support_2.13-38+deb7u4_amd64.deb >>> wget >>> http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/n/ncurses/ >>> libtinfo5_5.9-10_amd64.deb >>> wget >>> http://security.debian.org/debian-security/pool/updates/ >>> main/b/bash/bash_4.2+dfsg-0.1+deb7u3_amd64.deb >>> dpkg -i multiarch-support_2.13-38+deb7u4_amd64.deb >>> dpkg -i libtinfo5_5.9-10_amd64.deb >>> dpkg -i bash_4.2+dfsg-0.1+deb7u3_amd64.deb >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Chris Barnes <[email protected] >>> > >>> wrote: >>> >>> I'm keen to hear your idea Amos. >>>> >>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Amos Shapira <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> General question to everyone reading this - I have an idea for a >>>>> service >>>>> to provide tracking of such info (end of life, software life cycle) >>>>> automatically. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone is curios to hear more, discuss or anything else, I'd be very >>>>> happy to hear from you. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> --Amos >>>>> >>>>> On 26 September 2014 10:28, Chris Barnes <[email protected]> >>>>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> ahh thats the info i was looking for. Thanks Amos. You're right, >>>>>> >>>>> upgrade >>>> >>>>> is overdue. >>>>>> >>>>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Amos Shapira < >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> According to https://wiki.debian.org/DebianSqueeze, regular security >>>>>>> updates for squeeze were ended on May 31st 2014. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> "LTS security updates" are supposed to be released until 2016. LTS >>>>>>> support is NOT provided by Debian security team. See the LTS >>>>>>> >>>>>> announcement >>>> >>>>> in https://www.debian.org/News/2014/20140424.html >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My take - upgrade is overdue. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> --Amos >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 26 September 2014 08:56, Chris Barnes <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey people, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I haven't seen an update for BASH come down in the Debian Squeeze >>>>>>>> security >>>>>>>> updates. As a result my machines are still vulnerable. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> My Debian 7 machines received the update promptly just not my 6 >>>>>>>> machines. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Has anyone else received an update for BASH on Deb 6? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Im using the security.Debian.org apt source for security updates. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Kind Regards, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Christopher Barnes >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> e. [email protected] >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >>>>>>>> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/ >>>>>>>> mailinglists.html >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> <http://au.linkedin.com/in/gliderflyer> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Kind Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Christopher Barnes >>>>>> >>>>>> e. [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> <http://au.linkedin.com/in/gliderflyer> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kind Regards, >>>> >>>> Christopher Barnes >>>> >>>> e. [email protected] >>>> -- >>>> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ >>>> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html >>>> >>>> >>> >> > -- > David McQuire > 0418 310312 > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Kind Regards, Christopher Barnes e. [email protected] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
