2005/6/1, Agustin Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 12:04:21AM -0300, Guilherme Mesquita Gondim (semente) > wrote: > > Setting up fp-compiler (2.0.0-2) ... > > update-alternatives: slave link name /usr/share/man/man1/pc.1.gz duplicated > > dpkg: error processing fp-compiler (--configure): > > Reproduced, > > Carlos and Kenshi, the problem seems to be that the alternative is not > removed from the prerm, so the postinst tries to set it again over an > already existent alternative.
Yes, that's true. I have prepared a new package based on your patch that also removes the link on prerm if it's not an upgrade. In the meantime, affected users can just run the command manually and wait for the new packages, by running the following as root: update-alternatives --remove pc /usr/bin/fpc Later, Carlos -- Carlos Laviola [EMAIL PROTECTED]