This is untested, since naturally I'm not about to hose my system for a
complete stranger. :-)
cd /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives
update-alternatives --auto *
Rich Renomeron wrote:
> Apparently my backup software doesn't handle symlinks across filesystems
> very well, and when I recently did a full restore, my /etc/alternatives
> directory got clobbered. Is there a quick way to regenerate it, other
> than manually going through it (either using update-alternatives or by
> hand)? If I have to reinstall all the packages (similar to "upgrading"
> with Red Hat), is there a way to do *that*?
