Package: wmii
Version: 3.6+debian-4
Severity: normal
After installation of wmii /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager points
to /usr/bin/dwm.
The reason seems to be that wmii depends on dwm-tools, which recommends dwm.
Both x-window-managers will be installed and the priorities in the alternatives
system are the same. The 'best' alternative is set to dwm.
Here the recorded script of the installation session, along with
some additional infos:
deb09:~# uname -a
Linux deb09 2.6.26-2-amd64 #1 SMP Thu Nov 5 02:23:12 UTC 2009 x86_64 GNU/Linux
deb09:~# apt-cache policy wmii
wmii:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 3.6+debian-4
Version table:
3.6+debian-4 0
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny/main Packages
deb09:~# apt-cache policy dwm
dwm:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 4.7-3
Version table:
4.7-3 0
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny/main Packages
deb09:~# update-alternatives --display x-window-manager
No alternatives for x-window-manager.
deb09:~# aptitude -P install wmii wmii-doc
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Reading extended state information...
Initializing package states...
Reading task descriptions...
The following NEW packages will be installed:
dwm{a} dwm-tools{a} wmii wmii-doc
0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/367kB of archives. After unpacking 1004kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
Writing extended state information...
Selecting previously deselected package dwm.
...
Unpacking dwm (from .../archives/dwm_4.7-3_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package dwm-tools.
Unpacking dwm-tools (from .../dwm-tools_26-2_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package wmii.
Unpacking wmii (from .../wmii_3.6+debian-4_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package wmii-doc.
Unpacking wmii-doc (from .../wmii-doc_1%3a1-9_all.deb) ...
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Setting up dwm (4.7-3) ...
Setting up dwm-tools (26-2) ...
Setting up wmii (3.6+debian-4) ...
Setting up wmii-doc (1:1-9) ...
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
Reading extended state information...
Initializing package states...
Writing extended state information...
Reading task descriptions...
deb09:~# apt-cache policy wmii
wmii:
Installed: 3.6+debian-4
Candidate: 3.6+debian-4
Version table:
*** 3.6+debian-4 0
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
deb09:~# apt-cache policy dwm
dwm:
Installed: 4.7-3
Candidate: 4.7-3
Version table:
*** 4.7-3 0
500 http://ftp.de.debian.org lenny/main Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
deb09:~# update-alternatives --display x-window-manager
x-window-manager - status is auto.
link currently points to /usr/bin/dwm
/usr/bin/dwm - priority 20
/usr/bin/wmii - priority 20
Current `best' version is /usr/bin/dwm.
deb09:~# ls -l /usr/bin/dwm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2009-11-27 22:10 /usr/bin/dwm -> /etc/alternatives/dwm
deb09:~# ls -l /etc/alternatives/dwm
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2009-11-27 22:10 /etc/alternatives/dwm ->
/usr/bin/dwm.default
deb09:~# ls -l /usr/bin/dwm.default
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 36040 2008-01-21 21:53 /usr/bin/dwm.default
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages wmii depends on:
ii dwm-tools 26-2 dynamic window manager (tools)
ii libc6 2.7-18 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libx11-6 2:1.1.5-2 X11 client-side library
ii libxext6 2:1.0.4-1 X11 miscellaneous extension librar
Versions of packages wmii recommends:
ii wmii-doc 1:1-9 lightweight tabbed and tiled X11 w
wmii suggests no packages.
-- no debconf information
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