[Pkg-sympa-devel] Bug#737621: Bug#737621: sympa uses /bis/sh which causes errors on upgrading

[Emmanuel Bouthenot]

Hi,

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 09:11:05AM +0200, Svenja Otten wrote:
[...]

> dbconfig-common: writing config to /etc/dbconfig-common/sympa.conf
> dbconfig-common: flushing administrative password
> Not configuring Web server.
> -su: 11: /etc/bash.bashrc: shopt: not found
> -su: 54: /etc/bash.bashrc: Syntax error: "}" unexpected (expecting "fi")
> dpkg: error processing sympa (--configure):
>  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  sympa

It seems that /bin/sh is a symlink to /bin/dash (which is correct) but
for whatever reason /etc/bash.bashrc is sourced when using dash.

You should check your installation and fix it.


Regards,

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