Bug#164214: dpkg: update-alternatives still wrong, methinks

[Ian Zimmerman <itz@speakeasy.org>]

Also, taking this same example, when the vi link is configured to
point to elvis-tiny (which will _not_ be removed), update-alternatives
actually switches it to auto mode - also wrong:

kronstadt:~# update-alternatives --config vi

There are 2 alternatives which provide `vi'.

  Selection    Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
      1        /bin/elvis-tiny
*+    2        /usr/bin/elvisnox

Enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number: 1
Using `/bin/elvis-tiny' to provide `vi'.
kronstadt:~# dpkg --purge elvis
(Reading database ... 123999 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing elvis ...
Removing manually selected alternative - switching to auto mode
dpkg - warning: while removing elvis, directory `/etc/elvis' not empty so not removed.
Purging configuration files for elvis ...
kronstadt:~# cat /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/vi 
auto
/usr/bin/vi
vi.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/vi.1.gz

/bin/elvis-tiny
10
/usr/share/man/man1/elvis-tiny.1.gz


Sigh...

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