/etc/alternatives not working properly

[Wackojacko]

Due to changing partitions around I managed to mess up my Debian Sid 
AMD64 install.  I reinstalled from scratch and then restored my /etc 
directory from a backup.  Now none of the commands in /etc/alternative 
work (java, wx-config x-www-browser etc).  All of the symlinks are 
present and I have tried update-alternatives --all with no luck.

If I add /etc/alternatives to my PATH then they work again, but I don't 
remember having to do this before.

Should /etc/alternatives be in my PATH, if so should I add it to 
/etc/profile.  If not, anyone got any ideas how to restore the 
alternatives system to its former state?

TIA

Wackojacko


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