This simple patch seems to fix both problems at once:
--- /usr/sbin/update-alternatives Sun Jul 14 13:19:49 2002
+++ /home/itz/downloads/dpkg-1.10.4/usr/sbin/update-alternatives Thu Oct
10 20:20:54 2002
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
}
if ($mode eq 'remove') {
- if ($manual eq "manual" and $state ne "expected") {
+ if ($manual eq "manual" and defined $linkname and $linkname eq $apath) {
&pr("Removing manually selected alternative - switching to auto mode");
$manual= "auto";
}
--
Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A.
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