Erik Steffl wrote: > looks like a bug in update-alternatives (dpkg), right? Is there any > way to verify what happened? I mean is there any history of changes or > something that I can check AFTER the fact (obviously, I cannot check > before since I don't know it's goingto happen, and even if I knew > there's nothing really to check). > > did anybody else noticed the same problem?
Yes. Every time the X packages are updated in Sid, x-window-manager gets set to fluxbox (which is installed, but not what I want the default to be), and x-terminal-emulator gets set to gnome-terminal (also not what I want by default). I run "update-alternatives --config" to change them to the defaults I want, and the next time X is updated, the same thing happens again. It's kind of annoying. Bug #164214, in its second message, describes this problem, and in its third message, has a proposed patch for update-alternatives that is claimed to be a fix for it. Whether it is a valid fix or not, I do not know, though it looks reasonable at first glance. Since this proposed patch is nearly two months old already, it's probably not safe to assume that a fixed package is imminent. The dpkg team seems to have a lot going on currently, to judge from a few messages I've seen on debian-devel over the last few months. Craig -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
