tag 530633 pending
thanks
Hello,
Bug #530633 reported by you has been fixed in the Git repository. You can
see the changelog below, and you can check the diff of the fix at:
http://git.debian.org/?p=dpkg/dpkg.git;a=commitdiff;h=057523d
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commit 057523d0a806a3cb5be38c8da1a2fc3f044ef4cc
Author: Raphael Hertzog <[email protected]>
Date: Sun Jun 7 18:05:20 2009 +0200
Remove invalid master alternatives on upgrade
update-alternatives was very laxist in its past and allowed things that
are now rightfully forbidden. For example, you can't use alternatives as
slave when it's a master alternative already. However there is sometimes
cruft files in /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/ due to historical changes (or
bugs) that incorrectly trigger this check.
We avoid this problem by removing the conflicting files on upgrade.
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 03ea52d..31e1e3b 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ dpkg (1.15.3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
[ Raphael Hertzog ]
* Unset TAR_OPTIONS when creating/extracting tar archives for source
packages. Closes: #530860
+ * Add cleanup of known invalid (master) alternatives in preinst script.
+ Closes: #530633, #531611
[ Updated dpkg translations ]
* Simplified Chinese (Deng Xiyue). Closes: #531387
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