[Pkg-tigervnc-devel] Bug#1027288: Bug#1027288: tigervnc-common: orphaned alternatives (vncpasswd, vncpasswd.1.gz)

[Joachim Falk]

Hi Jakub,

Am 29.12.22 um 21:59 schrieb Jakub Wilk:
> Package: tigervnc-common
> Version: 1.12.0+dfsg-7
> 
> tigervnc-common used to install alternatives for "vncpasswd" and "vncpasswd.1.gz". Now it no longer does, but it didn't clean up the old ones:
> 
>     $ file /usr/bin/vncp* /usr/share/man/man*/vncp* | grep -w broken
>     /usr/bin/vncpasswd:                 broken symbolic link to /etc/alternatives/vncpasswd
>     /usr/share/man/man1/vncpasswd.1.gz: broken symbolic link to /etc/alternatives/vncpasswd.1.gz

tigervncpasswd moved to tigervnc-tools.

Normally, tigervnc-tools should auto install on upgrade from TigerVNC 1.11.

Maybe you upgraded with

apt upgrade --no-install-recommends

Or only had tigervnc-common installed without anything else from TigerVNC?

Best,

Joachim
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