Bug#643602: update-alternatives --set should be disallowed from maintainer scripts

2012-07-15 Thread Guillem Jover
tag 643602 - wontfix reassign 643602 lintian thanks On Wed, 2011-09-28 at 06:16:47 +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 16:26:10 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > I've recently spent time having to clean up after a package which earlier in > > its history called update-alternatives -

Bug#643602: update-alternatives --set should be disallowed from maintainer scripts

2011-09-27 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 06:16:47AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 16:26:10 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > > 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 overr

Bug#643602: update-alternatives --set should be disallowed from maintainer scripts

2011-09-27 Thread Jonathan Nieder
Steve Langasek wrote: > I don't think there's any justification for a package ever calling u-a --set > from a maintainer script. For what it's worth, independently of how that requirement gets enforced, I agree completely. Thanks, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...

Bug#643602: update-alternatives --set should be disallowed from maintainer scripts

2011-09-27 Thread Guillem Jover
tag 643602 wontfix thanks Hi! On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 16:26:10 -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > 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

Bug#643602: update-alternatives --set should be disallowed from maintainer scripts

2011-09-27 Thread Steve Langasek
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 s