Bug#165738: marked as done (update-alternatives check always returns true)
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From: Jordi Mallach <jordi@debian.org>
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Subject: update-alternatives check always returns true
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Hi wiggy,
As I told you, the check in postinst for installed alternatives will
always return true. The following is a proposed fix by Matej Vela which
I modified (and didn't test) for vim. You probably need to apply it to
other vim flavours...
--- vim.postinst.orig 2002-10-21 14:44:40.000000000 +0200
+++ vim.postinst 2002-10-21 14:50:18.000000000 +0200
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
pkg=3Dvim
=
update_alt() {
- buffer=3D$(tempfile)
for i in vi view ex editor ; do
- update-alternatives --display $i > $buffer || true
- if ! grep -q '^\(vim\|/usr/man\)' $buffer; then
- update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/$i $i /usr/bin/vim 120 \
- --slave /usr/share/man/man1/$i.1.gz $i.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz
+ if ! update-alternatives --list $i |
+ fgrep -qx /usr/bin/vim; then
+ update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/$i $i \
+ /usr/bin/vim 120 \
+ --slave /usr/share/man/man1/$i.1.gz \
+ $i.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/vim.1.gz
fi
done
- rm -f $buffer
}
=
update_docbase() {
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux nubol 2.4.19-xfs+acpi #1 Fri Aug 23 03:22:50 CEST 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=3Den_US, LC_CTYPE=3Den_US
Versions of packages vim depends on:
ii dpkg 1.10.9 Package maintenance system for=
Deb
ii libc6 2.3.1-1 GNU C Library: Shared librarie=
s an
ii libgpmg1 1.19.6-12 General Purpose Mouse Library =
[lib
ii libncurses5 5.2.20020112a-8 Shared libraries for terminal =
hand
-- no debconf information
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