About update-ispell-dictionary: In the postinst of wenglish, I put some code to read the old "/etc/dictionary" symlink and force the new /etc/alternatives/dictionary to point to the corresponding new place. You might want to consider having update-ispell-dictionary use the same trick:
# Install a bogus alternative: update-alternatives --install /usr/share/dict/words dictionary / 1000 # Point the link to the right place: ln -snf /usr/share/dict/american-english /etc/alternatives/dictionary # Remove bogus alternative, which also notices the changed symlink # and causes the "dictionary" alternative group to go into manual # mode: update-alternatives --remove dictionary / Cheers, Charles Briscoe-Smith
