On Fri, September 26, 2014 6:06 pm, Chris Barnes wrote: > Yep, it appears theres a number of things that depend on BASH so > uninstalling isnt an option in my case. >
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=5244106#post5244106 Works for me. > On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 5:45 PM, David <da...@kenpro.com.au> 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 <m...@delfin.me> >>> 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 >>>> <chris.p.bar...@gmail.com >>>> > >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I'm keen to hear your idea Amos. >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Amos Shapira >>>>> <amos.shap...@gmail.com> >>>>> 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 <chris.p.bar...@gmail.com> >>>>>> >>>>> 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 < >>>>>>> amos.shap...@gmail.com >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>>>> <chris.p.bar...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> 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. chris.p.bar...@gmail.com >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> 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. chris.p.bar...@gmail.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> <http://au.linkedin.com/in/gliderflyer> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Kind Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Christopher Barnes >>>>> >>>>> e. chris.p.bar...@gmail.com >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. chris.p.bar...@gmail.com > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html