Bug#590854: dpkg: update-alternatives cycles forever for some packages

2010-07-29 Thread Dietz Proepper
Package: dpkg Version: 1.15.8 Severity: important Hi, with current dpkg I have a strage problem - during install of some packages i.e. fakeroot or heirloom-mailx, update-alternatives starts to write very large files in /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives, only stopping after the disk is filled up.

Bug#590854: dpkg: update-alternatives cycles forever for some packages

2010-07-29 Thread Sven Joachim
severity 590854 grave thanks On 2010-07-29 19:05 +0200, Dietz Proepper wrote: Package: dpkg Version: 1.15.8 Severity: important Hi, with current dpkg I have a strage problem - during install of some packages i.e. fakeroot or heirloom-mailx, update-alternatives starts to write very large

Bug#590854: dpkg: update-alternatives cycles forever for some packages

2010-07-29 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hi, On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, Sven Joachim wrote: with current dpkg I have a strage problem - during install of some packages i.e. fakeroot or heirloom-mailx, update-alternatives starts to write very large files in /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives, only stopping after the disk is filled up.