On Fri, 30 Aug 2002, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.10 > Severity: normal > > with sources.list pointing at testing, try this: > > apt-get install tkmail > file /usr/bin/dotlock > dpkg -S /usr/bin/dotlock > apt-get install maildrop > file /usr/bin/dotlock > > It is the packages' responsibility to set this right (tkmail should ship > dotlock.tkmail instead), but nevertheless I think update-alternatives > should check for and stop this before it happens (make maildrop installation > fail). After all, that's what would happen if maildrop tried to ship > /usr/bin/dotlock as a straight file.
Er, please say exactly what you mean. Running the commands you give above, shows that update-alternatives does *not* change /usr/bin/dotlock into a symlink into /etc/alternatives.
