Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.1 User: debian-d...@lists.debian.org Usertags: update-alternatives
I've recently spent time having to clean up after a package which earlier in its history called update-alternatives --set from a maintainer script to try to override a "wrong" alternative... instead of simply removing the wrong alternative from the system. This is problematic, of course, because now it's impossible to distinguish between an alternative that's manually set because the user set it, vs. one that's manually set because the package set it. I don't think there's any justification for a package ever calling u-a --set from a maintainer script. Therefore I propose that this command abort if $DPKG_MAINTSCRIPT_PACKAGE is set. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
