On Don, 06 Sep 2007, Launchpad Bug Tracker wrote:
> /usr/bin/xdvi is a perl script that invokes /usr/bin/xdvi.bin
> /usr/bin/xdvi.bin is a symlink to /etc/alternatives/xdvi.bin
> /etc/alternatives/xdvi.bin is a symlink to /usr/bin/xdvi.real
> /usr/bin/xdvi.real doesn't exist
> 
> /usr/sbin/xdvi-xaw.bin exist...

That is all messed up. No idea how it happened. In Debian we have
        /usr/bin/xdvi-xaw.bin
and the postinst script tries to fix any old remains.

Esp. the fact that your xdvi-xaw.bin sounds strange ... no idea about
the changes Ubuntu made.

Best wishes

Norbert

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xdvi alternative is broken in gutsy
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