Bug#706167: qimhangul-qt4: improper alternative handling in M-A:same package

[RYU Changwoo <cwryu@debian.org>]

Such this problem happens in all multi-arch packages which have
maintainer scripts.

Is there a general solution except splitting packages?


2013/4/26 Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>:
> Package: qimhangul-qt4
> Version: 0.2.0-2
> Severity: serious
>
> Hi,
>
> qimhangul-qt4 is marked Multi-Arch: same, but it does not handle the
> alternative properly, see the following sequence
>
>   apt-get install qimhangul-qt4:amd64
>   # registers the alternative
>
>   apt-get install qimhangul-qt4:i386
>   # registers the alternative again, which is a no-op
>
>   apt-get remove qimhangul-qt4:i386
>   # removes the alternative even though qimhangul-qt4:amd64 is still
>   # installed
>
> >From the attached log (scroll to the end):
>
> 0m32.5s ERROR: FAIL: After purging files have disappeared:
>   /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/ko_KR -> /etc/alternatives/xinput-ko_KR not owned
>   /etc/alternatives/xinput-ko_KR -> /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/qimhangul-qt4        not owned
>
>
> Andreas