Bug#285686: Feature request to handle dangling symlinks.
Package: dpkg
Severity: wishlist
Hello
This feature request cover update-alternatives-
In but 270684 I have a problem with that the program vncpasswd
is considered manually managed. I do not really know in what
situations this occur but this can also be an action from the user.
(I do not think it is in this specific bug though).
* The problem is that if an user decide to manually change
an alternative, for example vncpasswd.
* If this package is removed or purged the alternative symlink is
still there (but dangling).
* If the user then install a new package that provide the same
program the symlink will still be dangling as it is pointing
to the old program and considered manual.
What I would like is that if the symlink is a dangling symlink
it should be alwys be considered to be automatically managed.
What do you think about this? Would this be a good feature?
Regards,
// Ola
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