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



>>>>> "Brian" == Brian May <bam@debian.org> writes:
    Brian> Why is this "status auto", and not "status manual"? I get
    Brian> the opinion, looking through the postinst script of Kaffe
    Brian> that this means Kaffe will automatically become the default
    Brian> on the next upgrade. Am I right, or am I right?

Status 'auto' means the sysadmin has not come along and ^%$^)(*&% with
the entries in /etc/alternatives.  Status 'manual' means they have.

You're right, though.  The next time

    update-alternatives --config java

gets run, kaffe will become the default.

-- 
Stephen (jdk maintainer)

"She turned me into a newt!"... "Really?"... "I got better."



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