Re: Bug#100126: Bugs 100126 100836 101203 101540: missing xdvi.bin
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 07:01:49AM +0200, Christoph Martin wrote:
> Steve Kowalik writes:
> > On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 11:36:00PM +0200, Christoph Martin uttered:
> > >
> > > The solution of the problem is not as easy as patching xdvi to call
> > > xdvi.real because auf update-alternatives.
> > >
> > Ahhh.
> >
> > > Can you please verify some things for me to find out about the
> > > problem:
> > >
> > > Please run:
> > >
> > > update-alternatives --display xdvi.bin
> > >
> > broken:~# update-alternatives --display xdvi.bin
> > xdvi.bin - status is manual.
>
> Here is your problem. ---^
>
> update-alternatives --auto xdvi.bin
>
> should fix your links.
> I don't know why it was switched to manual.
In certain situations, update-alternatives can switch to manual
mode (see bug #37254). I wonder if any of those situations apply here.
-Steve
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