Re: Problem w/apt-get dist-upgrade

["Stephen R. Gore" <sgore@ev1.net>]

Stephen R. Gore wrote:
> I get the following error:
> 
> E: Problem executing scripts DPkg::Pre-Invoke 'mount -o remount,rw /usr'
> 
> Also, if I try dpkg --configure -a:
> 
> Setting up bsdutils (2.9w-3.1) ...
> dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute post-installation script: No such file
> or directory
> 
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I found the problem.  I happened to log in as a normal user on another vt,
and had a stack of mail from cron complaining about /bin/sh not existing.
Created the symlink to /bin/bash, and everything worked fine.

How did this happen? (CCing this to devel for input)

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Regards,
Steve

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