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Re: Bug#68661: Should not remove pager's alternative on upgrade



>>>>> "Brian" == Brian May <bam@debian.org> writes:
    Brian> Why doesn't running update-alternatives-jdk1.1 change the
    Brian> status to manual?  -- Brian May <bam@debian.org>

Because it's still manipulating /etc/alternaives through
update-alternatives, the Right Way to do it.

Manually manipulating the symlinks at the f/s level is what causes
update-alternatives to mark an alternative as being in manual mode,
the Wrong Way to do it.

-- 
Stephen

"And what do we burn apart from witches?"... "More witches!"



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