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monotone package

[can-not-install] postinst failure

Bug #90986 reported by Michael Vogt
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monotone (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: monotone

Found while doing a install test:

Setting up monotone-server (0.31-7) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/monotone-server.config: 27: Syntax error: Bad substitution
dpkg: error processing monotone-server (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2

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JosefK (josefk) wrote :

I can confirm this, exactly the same error on an up-to-date Feisty box.

Errors were encountered while processing:
 monotone-server
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up monotone-server (0.31-7) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/monotone-server.config: 27: Syntax error: Bad substitution
dpkg: error processing monotone-server (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2
Errors were encountered while processing:
 monotone-server

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TobiasK (belgoking) wrote :

The same error also occurs in the /var/lib/dpkg/info/monotone-server.postinst . By altering the shebang of both files from #!/bin/sh to #!/bin/bash, installation runs without problem.

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Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit) wrote :

monotone (0.35-2ubuntu1) gutsy; urgency=low

  * debian/monotone-server.config: use /bin/bash instead of /bin/sh. (LP: #90986)
  * debian/monotone-server.postinst: remove bashisms.
  * Modify Maintainer value to match the DebianMaintainerField
    specification.

 -- Lionel Le Folgoc <email address hidden> Sat, 08 Sep 2007 12:22:48 +0200

Changed in monotone:
status: New → Fix Released
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