Bug#37254: dpkg: update-alternatives madness

2000-03-17 Thread Manoj Srivastava
reassign 37254 dpkg thanks Hi, Since the packaging manual already contains the correct text, I am sending this back to dpkg, as decided. manoj -- Being schizophrenic is better than living alone. Manoj Srivastava [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/%7Esrivasta/

Bug#37254: dpkg: update-alternatives madness

1999-10-26 Thread Julian Gilbey
I agree that update-alternatives shouldn't put an alternative into manual mode because a _target_ disappeared unexpectedly. I'll look into this eventually. But, the problem doesn't happen if you call update-alternatives in the prerm, which is where you should. So it would be good if the

Bug#37254: dpkg: update-alternatives madness

1999-10-26 Thread Wichert Akkerman
Previously Julian Gilbey wrote: Do we need to then specify this in the policy manual, or will it be sufficient to file bugs against packages which don't have the needed update-alternatives in their prerm? No need to put this in the policy manual. The policy manual is for policies, not for

Bug#37254: dpkg: update-alternatives madness

1999-10-26 Thread Julian Gilbey
Previously Julian Gilbey wrote: Do we need to then specify this in the policy manual, or will it be sufficient to file bugs against packages which don't have the needed update-alternatives in their prerm? No need to put this in the policy manual. The policy manual is for policies, not