Your message dated Fri, 10 Aug 2018 13:43:57 +0200 with message-id <87600ifnuq....@turtle.gmx.de> and subject line Re: Bug#886936: icewm-lite: fails to install: update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/icewm-lite doesn't exist has caused the Debian Bug report #886936, regarding icewm-lite: fails to install: update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/icewm-lite doesn't exist to be marked as done.
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--- Begin Message ---Package: icewm-lite Version: 1.4.3.0~pre-20171225-1 Severity: serious User: debian...@lists.debian.org Usertags: piuparts Hi, during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed to install. As per definition of the release team this makes the package too buggy for a release, thus the severity. >From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...): Selecting previously unselected package icewm-lite. (Reading database ... (Reading database ... 5150 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../icewm-lite_1.4.3.0~pre-20171225-1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking icewm-lite (1.4.3.0~pre-20171225-1) ... Setting up icewm-lite (1.4.3.0~pre-20171225-1) ... update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/icewm-lite doesn't exist dpkg: error processing package icewm-lite (--configure): installed icewm-lite package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while processing: icewm-lite cheers, Andreas
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--- Begin Message ---Source: icewm Version: 1.4.3.0~pre-20180809-1 On 2018-01-11 14:21 +0100, Andreas Beckmann wrote: > Package: icewm-lite > Version: 1.4.3.0~pre-20171225-1 > Severity: serious > User: debian...@lists.debian.org > Usertags: piuparts > > Hi, > > during a test with piuparts I noticed your package failed to install. As > per definition of the release team this makes the package too buggy for > a release, thus the severity. > > From the attached log (scroll to the bottom...): > > Selecting previously unselected package icewm-lite. > (Reading database ... > (Reading database ... 5150 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to unpack .../icewm-lite_1.4.3.0~pre-20171225-1_amd64.deb ... > Unpacking icewm-lite (1.4.3.0~pre-20171225-1) ... > Setting up icewm-lite (1.4.3.0~pre-20171225-1) ... > update-alternatives: error: alternative path /usr/bin/icewm-lite doesn't > exist This happened because /usr/bin/icewm-lite is a symlink to icewm, but the icewm-lite package did not depend on icewm (which ships /usr/bin/icewm), and so the symlink was dangling. The missing dependency has been added in 1.4.3.0~pre-20180809-1, and I have just verified that 1.4.3.0~pre-20180809-2 correctly installs in a pbuilder chroot. Would have been nice if debian/changelog had mentioned something along those lines. Cheers, Sven
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