Upgrading an install that exhibits this bug is a major trip-hazard, as the act of upgrading the package to the new version will call the broken prerm to execute, resulting in the -dpdk binary being disabled again.
To avoid this: sudo sed -i "/update-alternatives/d" /var/lib/dpkg/info/openvswitch- switch-dpdk.prerm before completing the package upgrade thus ensuring the -dpdk version of the binary never gets removed. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1836713 Title: upgrade of openvswitch packages resets alternative binaries to auto To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/cloud-archive/+bug/1836713/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs