Package: dpkg Version: 1.21.1 Severity: important I notice that /usr/bin/mlterm is missing from the alternatives for x-terminal-emulator:
cventin:~> update-alternatives --display x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator - manual mode link best version is /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper link currently points to /usr/bin/xterm link x-terminal-emulator is /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz is /usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper - priority 40 slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-terminal.1.gz /usr/bin/koi8rxterm - priority 20 slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/koi8rxterm.1.gz /usr/bin/lxterm - priority 30 slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/lxterm.1.gz /usr/bin/urxvt - priority 20 slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/urxvt.1.gz /usr/bin/uxterm - priority 20 slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/uxterm.1.gz /usr/bin/xterm - priority 20 slave x-terminal-emulator.1.gz: /usr/share/man/man1/xterm.1.gz This was also the case for the xterm related programs until I reinstalled xterm with dpkg -i. Concerning mlterm and x-terminal-emulator, I can see in the /var/log/alternatives.log* log files from the latest mlterm upgrade until I noticed the issue: update-alternatives 2021-08-16 16:27:55: run with --install /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator /usr/bin/mlterm 20 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz x-terminal-emulator.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/mlterm.1.gz update-alternatives 2021-08-22 01:56:43: run with --install /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper 40 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz x-terminal-emulator.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-terminal.1.gz update-alternatives 2021-09-13 09:49:58: run with --remove x-terminal-emulator /usr/bin/urxvtcd update-alternatives 2021-09-13 09:50:00: run with --install /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator /usr/bin/urxvt 20 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz x-terminal-emulator.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/urxvt.1.gz update-alternatives 2021-09-27 14:08:32: run with --install /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper 40 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz x-terminal-emulator.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-terminal.1.gz update-alternatives 2021-11-23 13:29:02: run with --install /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper 40 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz x-terminal-emulator.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-terminal.1.gz update-alternatives 2021-12-06 13:49:47: run with --install /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper 40 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz x-terminal-emulator.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-terminal.1.gz update-alternatives 2021-12-06 13:49:47: link group x-terminal-emulator updated to point to /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper update-alternatives 2022-01-05 11:01:08: run with --remove x-terminal-emulator /usr/bin/urxvtcd update-alternatives 2022-01-05 11:04:12: run with --install /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator x-terminal-emulator /usr/bin/urxvt 20 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz x-terminal-emulator.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/urxvt.1.gz I wonder whether some upgrade of gnome-terminal or rxvt trashed the alternatives. -- Package-specific info: -- System Information: Debian Release: bookworm/sid APT prefers unstable-debug APT policy: (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable-security'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 5.15.0-2-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU threads) Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) LSM: AppArmor: enabled Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.8-5 ii libc6 2.33-1 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 -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
