On Thu, 28 Sep 1995, Ian Jackson wrote: > > I'll update elvis to fail more gracefully by suggesting a dpkg > > update if update-alternatives isn't present. > > How about: > Package: elv-vi > Depends: dpkg (>0.93.72) > ? > > This will make dpkg produce an informative message without even having > to run your script. Good thought. All other users of update-alternatives should also do this.