Followup-For: Bug #720136 Control: tag -1 patch Hi,
attached patch fixes the update-alternatives usage in fluxbox. There is no need to check for the existence of u-a (especially in the wrong location) since this is part of dpkg. Do not touch the current alternative in preinst - remove+reinstall would destroy local customization. I intent to NMU fluxbox to not ship jessie with this bug. Andreas
diff -Nru fluxbox-1.3.5/debian/changelog fluxbox-1.3.5/debian/changelog --- fluxbox-1.3.5/debian/changelog 2013-05-15 03:03:42.000000000 +0200 +++ fluxbox-1.3.5/debian/changelog 2014-01-22 05:27:37.000000000 +0100 @@ -1,3 +1,13 @@ +fluxbox (1.3.5-1.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium + + * Non-maintainer upload. + * preinst, prerm: Do not test for the existence of update-alternatives + (this is part of dpkg). (Closes: #720136) + * Do not remove+reinstall the current alternative on upgrades as that could + override local customization. + + -- Andreas Beckmann <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jan 2014 05:18:24 +0100 + fluxbox (1.3.5-1) unstable; urgency=low * Release from Experimental to Unstable. No changes. diff -Nru fluxbox-1.3.5/debian/fluxbox.preinst fluxbox-1.3.5/debian/fluxbox.preinst --- fluxbox-1.3.5/debian/fluxbox.preinst 2013-02-24 04:18:30.000000000 +0100 +++ fluxbox-1.3.5/debian/fluxbox.preinst 2014-01-22 05:24:04.000000000 +0100 @@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ fi # old version contain 'fluxbox' current - 'startfluxbox' - if test -x /usr/sbin/update-alternatives; then update-alternatives --remove x-window-manager /usr/bin/fluxbox - update-alternatives --remove x-session-manager /usr/bin/startfluxbox - fi fi diff -Nru fluxbox-1.3.5/debian/fluxbox.prerm fluxbox-1.3.5/debian/fluxbox.prerm --- fluxbox-1.3.5/debian/fluxbox.prerm 2013-02-24 04:18:30.000000000 +0100 +++ fluxbox-1.3.5/debian/fluxbox.prerm 2014-01-22 05:20:23.000000000 +0100 @@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ case "$1" in remove) - if test -x /usr/sbin/update-alternatives; then update-alternatives --remove x-window-manager /usr/bin/startfluxbox - fi ;; *)
