Re: Bug#2378: Gawk postinst script does not work correctly

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

Chris Fearnley writes ("Re: Bug#2378: Gawk postinst script does not work correctly"):
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>>I have no problem with that. But in this case the postinst script should not
>>say it updates the links to go to mawk. They were already on mawk, so it
>>should say 'leaving the links as they are' or something like that. Isn't it
>>possible to include a short note that tells the user (if he reads it that
>>is) that it will not install gawk as a default.

All of these messages are produced by update-alternatives.  If it
doesn't change the link you'll see something like:
 Leaving awk (/usr/bin/awk) pointing to /usr/bin/mawk.

> The --quite option hasn't been implemented in
> /usr/sbin/update-alternatives.  As you can see, my gawk postinst
> already uses --quite in anticipation of its future implementation:

The quiet option doesn't do anything at the moment, and neither does
the verbose option.  I'm not convinced that they should be made to.

Ian.