Package: dpkg Version: 1.14.2 Hi,
My latest upgrade in sid provoked lots of update-alternatives errors (or maybe just warnings?) from nano and gij-4.1 maintainer scripts. These probably pertain to dpkg 1.14.2, since the output of the upgrade (done with aptitude) shows "Setting up dpkg (1.14.2) ..." before any of the errors. For what it's worth, the previous version of dpkg from which I upgraded was 1.13.25. Maybe this is related to the following change in dpkg 1.14.0? > * Make all perl scripts use strict and warnings, to ease catching errors. Here are the messages. To summarize, the problematic lines in /usr/sbin/update-alternatives seem to be lines 461, 595, 717 and 718. The messages seem wordy but harmless; at least, the alternatives set up for the nano and gij-4.1 packages still look OK. For nano (upgraded from version 2.0.4-1) > Setting up nano (2.0.6-1) ... > Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 461. > Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 461. > Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 461. > Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 461. > Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 461. > Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 461. > Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 461. > Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 461. > Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 461. > Use of uninitialized value in string ne at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 461. > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 717. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 718. > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 717. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 718. > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 717. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 718. > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 717. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 718. > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 717. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 718. > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 717. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 718. > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 717. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 718. > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 717. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 718. > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 717. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 718. > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 717. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 718. > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 595. > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 595. > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 595. > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 595. > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 595. > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 595. > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 595. > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 595. > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 595. > Use of uninitialized value in string eq at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line > 595. For gij-4.1 (upgraded from version 4.1.2-4) > Setting up gij-4.1 (4.1.2-6) ... > Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 717. > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 718. regards, -- Kevin B. McCarty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Physics Department WWW: http://www.princeton.edu/~kmccarty/ Princeton University GPG: public key ID 4F83C751 Princeton, NJ 08544 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
