reassign 614716 lighttpd 1.4.28-2 thanks On Sun, 03 Apr 2011, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > > reassign 614716 dpkg
No, that's not right. The bug is in your package if some alternatives are not removed. And it's very easy to fix it in your package. Add a preinst snippet detecting the upgrade from a version where it was not yet split and drop the alternative. If you want to clean up the mess you created, you can also do a quick check in the postinst call the required --remove if the provided alternative (that has been split off) is not available. update-alternatives tries very hard to not create/keep dangling symlinks but if it's never called, it has no chance to clean up anything... I must say it's a pity that you argued against fixing it in your package. Sure it would be nice if dpkg itself managed alternatives and not update-alternatives but that does not mean that you don't have to fix it on your side in the mean time. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
