Package: emacs23-common Version: 23.2+1-2 Severity: normal I'm not sure why, but "man emacsclient" gives me the emacs22 version and not the emacs23 version. From the following, I'd have expected to get the emacs23 version, because that's what /usr/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz points at (via /etc/alternatives/emacsclient.1.gz).
mas...@doggy:~$ ls -l /usr/share/man/man1/emacsclient.* /etc/alternatives/emacsclient.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 44 jun 28 17:20 /etc/alternatives/emacsclient.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/emacsclient.emacs23.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1536 jan 25 16:59 /usr/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1emacs22.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 jun 28 17:20 /usr/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1.gz -> /etc/alternatives/emacsclient.1.gz -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1684 mai 16 08:46 /usr/share/man/man1/emacsclient.emacs23.1.gz but: mas...@doggy:~$ man emacsclient | md5sum 18c85d475d5ce5ffde470cbf06596aef - mas...@doggy:~$ man -l /usr/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1emacs22.gz | md5sum 18c85d475d5ce5ffde470cbf06596aef - while: mas...@doggy:~$ man -l /usr/share/man/man1/emacsclient.emacs23.1.gz | md5sum 5c884941e360cecafb25859153fd5468 - mas...@doggy:~$ man -l /etc/alternatives/emacsclient.1.gz | md5sum 5c884941e360cecafb25859153fd5468 - mas...@doggy:~$ man emacsclient.emacs23 | md5sum 5c884941e360cecafb25859153fd5468 - Please make it so that the emacs23 version effectively takes precedence over the emacs22 version, that is when /usr/bin/emacsclient points to /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs23 . mas...@doggy:~$ ls -l /etc/alternatives/emacsclient /usr/bin/emacsclient* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 jun 28 17:20 /etc/alternatives/emacsclient -> /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs23 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 jun 28 17:20 /usr/bin/emacsclient -> /etc/alternatives/emacsclient -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 15432 jan 25 17:00 /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs22 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 21128 mai 16 09:45 /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs23 mas...@doggy:~$ /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --display emacsclient emacsclient - auto mode link currently points to /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs23 /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs22 - priority 25 slave emacsclient.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/emacsclient.1emacs22.gz /usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs23 - priority 26 slave emacsclient.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/emacsclient.emacs23.1.gz Current 'best' version is '/usr/bin/emacsclient.emacs23'. -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.5 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (400, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=fr_LU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_LU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages emacs23-common depends on: ii dpkg 1.15.7.2 Debian package management system ii emacsen-common 1.4.17 Common facilities for all emacsen ii install-info 4.13a.dfsg.1-5 Manage installed documentation in emacs23-common recommends no packages. Versions of packages emacs23-common suggests: pn emacs23-common-non-dfsg <none> (no description available) ii emacs23-el 23.2+1-2 GNU Emacs LISP (.el) files -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org