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Re: Upload: bash-3.0-4 [test]


On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> This would also mean, you can get rid of your preremove script again.
> It seems somewhat dangerous to me anyway.  I'd rather have a dangling
> /bin/sh.exe than none at all.

One possible problem, BTW, is that if a process that uses /bin/sh is
running concurrently with the postinstall script (which happens
all-too-often), the link will fail, and there is no replace-on-reboot
alternative (as setup offers).

> I love surprises.  Especially if it's not me who's surprised ;-)

Hehe.
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