Bug#2378: Gawk postinst script does not work correctly

[Michael Meskes <meskes@Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE>]

Package: gawk
Version: 3.0.0-1

Here's what I got trying to install gawk after haveing install mawk:

dpkg --install gawk-3.0.0-1.deb
(Reading database ... 13271 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace gawk (using gawk-3.0.0-1.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement gawk ...
Setting up gawk ...
Checking available versions of awk, updating links in /etc/alternatives ...
(You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see 'man ln'.)
Updating awk (/usr/bin/awk) to point to /usr/bin/mawk.
Updating nawk.1 (/usr/man/man1/nawk.1) to point to /usr/man/man1/mawk.1.
Updating nawk (/usr/bin/nawk) to point to /usr/bin/mawk.
Updating awk.1 (/usr/man/man1/awk.1) to point to /usr/man/man1/mawk.1.

I would expect these links to go to gawk.

This may be a bug in update-alternatives though.

Michael
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Michael Meskes
Lehrstuhl fuer angewandte Mathematik insb. Informatik
RWTH-Aachen, D-52056 Aachen, Germany
email: meskes@informatik.rwth-aachen.de