Le mardi 02 juin 2009 à 20:25 +0200, Wolf Wiegand a écrit : > after the upgrade from 2.22.3-3 to 2.26.1-6, the postinst fails with the > following error: > > Setting up gnome-session (2.26.1-6) ... > Installing new version of config file /etc/gnome/defaults.list ... > update-alternatives: error: alternative x-session-manager.1.gz can't be slave > of > x-session-manager: it is a master alternative. > dpkg: error processing gnome-session (--configure): > subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2 > > > My x-session-alternative: > > $ ls -al /etc/alternatives/x-session-* > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Jun 2 20:08 /etc/alternatives/x-session-manager -> > /usr/bin/icewm-session > > > Running the postinst with -x results in the following: > > :~ $ sudo /var/lib/dpkg/info/gnome-session.postinst configure > + set -e > + [ configure = configure ] > + update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-session-manager x-session-manager > /usr/bin/gnome-session 50 --slave /usr/share/man/man1/x-session-manager.1.gz > x-session-manager.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-session.1.gz > update-alternatives: error: alternative x-session-manager.1.gz can't be slave > of x-session-manager: it is a master alternative.
I guess this is an issue with another provider of this alternative (maybe icewm-session). I’ve seen recent changes on the update-alternatives side, so could a dpkg maintainer give an explanation about what changed and how it could trigger this issue? Thanks, -- .''`. Josselin Mouette : :' : `. `' “I recommend you to learn English in hope that you in `- future understand things” -- Jörg Schilling
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