reassign 653834 xfce4-session thanks On Sat, 31 Dec 2011, Arno Schuring wrote: > I noticed the following when doing a regular safe-upgrade from aptitude: > > Preparing to replace xfce4-session 4.8.2-1 (using > .../xfce4-session_4.8.2-2_i386.deb) ... > update-alternatives: removing manually selected alternative - switching > x-session-manager to auto mode > update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/gnome-session to provide > /usr/bin/x-session-manager (x-session-manager) in auto mode. > Unpacking replacement xfce4-session ... > > And, indeed: > $ /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --query x-session-manager > Link: x-session-manager > Status: auto > > Filing as minor because I do not know what the expected behaviour is, but > this does not follow the principle of least surprise to me.
There is nothing wrong in dpkg here. Reassigning to xfce4-session since dropping the alternative at each upgrade is not a very nice behaviour as you rightfully noted. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Pre-order a copy of the Debian Administrator's Handbook and help liberate it: http://debian-handbook.info/liberation/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
