Package: dpkg Version: 1.21.0 I have just upgraded a two months old sid chroot and noticed that update-alternatives issued some strange warnings:
,---- | Setting up util-linux (2.37.2-4) ... | update-alternatives: warning: /etc/alternatives/pager has been changed (manually or by a script); switching to manual updates only | update-alternatives: using /bin/more to provide /usr/bin/pager (pager) in auto mode | Setting up automake (1:1.16.5-1.1) ... | update-alternatives: warning: /etc/alternatives/automake has been changed (manually or by a script); switching to manual updates only | Setting up bsdextrautils (2.37.2-4) ... | update-alternatives: warning: /etc/alternatives/write has been changed (manually or by a script); switching to manual updates only | update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/write.ul to provide /usr/bin/write (write) in auto mode | Setting up g++ (4:11.2.0-2) ... | update-alternatives: warning: /etc/alternatives/c++ has been changed (manually or by a script); switching to manual updates only | update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/g++ to provide /usr/bin/c++ (c++) in auto mode `---- I had not played with any of these alternatives before, so they should all have been in auto mode. Here is today's excerpt of /var/log/alternatives.log.
update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:36:54: run with --remove builtins.7.gz /usr/share/man/man7/bash-builtins.7.gz update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:36:54: link group builtins.7.gz fully removed update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:36:54: run with --install /usr/share/man/man7/builtins.7.gz builtins.7.gz /usr/share/man/man7/bash-builtins.7.gz 10 update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:36:54: link group builtins.7.gz updated to point to /usr/share/man/man7/bash-builtins.7.gz update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:03: run with --install /usr/bin/pager pager /bin/more 50 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/pager.1.gz pager.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/more.1.gz update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:03: link group pager updated to point to /bin/more update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:30: run with --install /usr/bin/automake automake /usr/bin/automake-1.16 34 --slave /usr/bin/aclocal aclocal /usr/bin/aclocal-1.16 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/automake.1.gz automake.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/automake-1.16.1.gz --slave /usr/share/man/man1/aclocal.1.gz aclocal.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/aclocal-1.16.1.gz update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:30: run with --install /usr/bin/write write /usr/bin/write.ul 100 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/write.1.gz write.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/write.ul.1.gz update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:30: link group write updated to point to /usr/bin/write.ul update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:31: run with --quiet --install /lib/cpp cpp /usr/bin/cpp 10 update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:31: link group cpp updated to point to /usr/bin/cpp update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:31: run with --quiet --install /usr/bin/cc cc /usr/bin/gcc 20 update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:31: link group cc updated to point to /usr/bin/gcc update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:31: run with --quiet --install /usr/bin/c89 c89 /usr/bin/c89-gcc 20 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/c89.1.gz c89.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/c89-gcc.1.gz update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:31: link group c89 updated to point to /usr/bin/c89-gcc update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:31: run with --quiet --install /usr/bin/c99 c99 /usr/bin/c99-gcc 20 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/c99.1.gz c99.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/c99-gcc.1.gz update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:31: link group c99 updated to point to /usr/bin/c99-gcc update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:31: run with --install /usr/bin/c++ c++ /usr/bin/g++ 20 update-alternatives 2021-12-06 08:37:31: link group c++ updated to point to /usr/bin/g++
-- System Information: Debian Release: bookworm/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (101, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 5.10.83-nouveau (SMP w/2 CPU threads) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.8-5 ii libc6 2.32-4 ii liblzma5 5.2.5-2 ii libselinux1 3.3-1+b1 ii tar 1.34+dfsg-1 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.11.dfsg-2 dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 2.3.13 pn debsig-verify <none> -- no debconf information
