reassign 335502 dpkg thanks #include <hallo.h> * Stefano Zacchiroli [Tue, Oct 25 2005, 10:44:54AM]: > tags 335502 + moreinfo unreproducible > thanks > > Eduard Bloch wrote: > > after todays Sid upgrade the vim installation broke. The new symlinks > > in /usr/bin to the "alternatives" links were just missing. I think it > > comes from some internal breakage in update-alternatives, I have seen > > it doing strange things before. Using update-alternatives now does not > > recreate the symlinks either. > > I tried the upgrade on several unstable boxes and all went smoothly. > Could you please provide more info and/or how to reproduce the bug?
Maybe because you did that manually with dpkg and always in the same order? If there are problems in update-alternatives (and that is what I wrote) you must consider all possible runtime influence, including timing and reordering issues. Look: $ update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/vim vim /usr/bin/vim.gtk 0 $ echo $? 0 $ update-alternatives --verbose --install /usr/bin/vim vim /usr/bin/vim.gtk 0 /usr/bin/vim is still isn't there, just not created even if nothing is in the way if update-alternatives would try to create it. I tried a downgrade to the testing version, it did not work (because dpkg-divert failed in preinst). So I cleaned up the reverts manually (in the reverts list, removed the files) and purged the packages. Installed the Testing version, then dist-upgraded. Problem was reproducible. What I did next: dpkg --purge <all vim packages>, install the testing version, dist-upgrade. Then it worked. How did that happen? No idea. I retried again, removed the symlink. This time it is recreated after update-alternatives calls. Problem source? Unknown. Fsckage in update-alternatives? Most likely. It's code is very disgusting and I did fix a similar issue a while ago there. I am reassigning the report now. And since this is apparently not your > Info that could help can be: > - version of dpkg (owner of update-alternatives) > - version you upgraded vim from Default Sid versions. > - ls -l /usr/bin/vi* lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 2005-06-13 23:55 /usr/bin/vi -> /etc/alternatives/vi lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 2005-06-13 23:55 /usr/bin/view -> /etc/alternatives/view -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1090476 2005-10-23 16:38 /usr/bin/vim.basic -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1332364 2005-10-23 16:38 /usr/bin/vim.gtk lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2005-10-25 12:18 /usr/bin/vimdiff -> vim -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1600 2005-10-23 16:38 /usr/bin/vimtutor > - ls -l /etc/alternatives | grep vi ls -l /etc/alternatives | grep vi lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2005-10-17 23:30 editor -> /usr/bin/vim lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2005-10-17 23:30 editor.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2005-10-17 23:30 ex -> /usr/bin/vim lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2005-10-17 23:30 ex.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 2005-06-29 01:28 gnome-video-thumbnailer -> /usr/bin/totem-video-thumbnailer lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2005-06-13 23:55 gvim -> /usr/bin/vim-gtk lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2005-06-13 23:55 gvim.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 2005-10-24 11:27 oxdvi.bin -> /usr/bin/oxdvi.real lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2005-10-17 23:30 vi -> /usr/bin/vim lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2005-10-17 23:30 vi.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 2005-10-17 23:30 view -> /usr/bin/vim lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 2005-10-17 23:30 view.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2005-10-24 11:51 vim -> /usr/bin/vim.gtk lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2005-10-12 13:47 vncviewer -> /usr/bin/xrealvncviewer lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 2005-10-12 13:47 vncviewer.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/xrealvncviewer.1.gz lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 2005-10-24 11:27 xdvi.bin -> /usr/bin/xdvi.real lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2005-10-12 13:47 xvncviewer -> /usr/bin/xrealvncviewer lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 2005-10-12 13:47 xvncviewer.1.gz -> /usr/share/man/man1/xrealvncviewer.1.gz > - cat /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/vi* cat /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/vi* manual /usr/bin/vi vi.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/vi.1.gz /usr/bin/vim 120 /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz manual /usr/bin/view view.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/view.1.gz /usr/bin/mcview-debian 100 /usr/share/man/man1/mcview.1.gz /usr/bin/vim 120 /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz manual /usr/bin/vim /usr/bin/vim.basic 10 /usr/bin/vim.gtk 0 > - ... add your hint here ;-) > > Many thanks for your report. > Cheers. > > -- > Stefano Zacchiroli -*- Computer Science PhD student @ Uny Bologna, Italy > [EMAIL PROTECTED],debian.org,bononia.it} -%- http://www.bononia.it/zack/ > If there's any real truth it's that the entire multidimensional infinity > of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. -!- -- "After watching my newly-retired dad spend two weeks learning how to make a new folder, it became obvious that "intuitive" mostly means "what the writer or speaker of intuitive likes". - Bruce Ediger, [EMAIL PROTECTED], on X the intuitiveness of a Mac interface
