Quoting Christian Kastner (2025-05-19 14:18:03) > Hi, > > I have a package that ships a number of themes. I'd like to make the > default them configurable system-wide, and the alternatives system > seemed like a good fit. > > However, when dh_installalternatives complains when the alternative > isn't a directory: > > dh_installalternatives: error: Alternative "<somedir>" for "<somename" > in debian/<somename>.alternatives is a directory > > I'm guessing that this isn't a dh_installalternatives limitation but a > limitation of the underlying system bubbling up. > > Is my assessment correct? If so, does anyone have a good workaround for > this? My plan B is to otherwise just manage this as a symlink in > /etc/<somepackage>.
I am no expert in this, but in case you lack responses from more knowledgeable Debian developers, you might take a look at https://debathena.mit.edu/config-packages/ and perhaps get in touch with the developers of that project - it is not an official Debian project but they have for many years deliberately violated the rule of not doing dpkg-divert for conffiles and might similarly mess with directories and have experiences with what to look out for and whether it works or not from an empiric standpoint. - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ * Sponsorship: https://ko-fi.com/drjones [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
