Re: Bug#68661: Should not remove pager's alternative on upgrade
>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen Zander <gibreel@debian.org> writes:
>>>>> "Brian" == Brian May <bam@debian.org> writes:
Brian> Why is this "status auto", and not "status manual"? I get
Brian> the opinion, looking through the postinst script of Kaffe
Brian> that this means Kaffe will automatically become the default
Brian> on the next upgrade. Am I right, or am I right?
Stephen> Status 'auto' means the sysadmin has not come along and
Stephen> ^%$^)(*&% with the entries in /etc/alternatives. Status
Stephen> 'manual' means they have.
Stephen> You're right, though. The next time
Stephen> update-alternatives --config java
Stephen> gets run, kaffe will become the default.
Why doesn't running update-alternatives-jdk1.1 change the status to
manual?
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Brian May <bam@debian.org>
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