On Fri 03 Jan 2014 at 19:20:57 +1100, Sam Varghese wrote: > i am running the testing stream on a fairly > old laptop. > > At the end of every upgrade, I get this message: > sh: 1: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives: not found Does bug #720575 help in tracking this down? http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=720575 > i am not subscribed to the list, and would, thus, appreciate being copied in. Done.