Package: xterm
Version: 208-3.1
Severity: normal
(Hmm, I see I already filed a bug on this once, so I'll just follow up
with this second, more detailed bug report since I typed it up..)
My system was configured via update-alternatives --edit so that xterm
was the alternative used for x-terminal-emulator. After upgrading from
version 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11 to this new version, it got reset to
gnome-terminal. gnome-terminal was not itself upgraded as part of this
upgrade.
This is the second time that I have experienced this problem; both times
were upgrades from version 6.8.2.dfsg.1-11, which I will now downgrade
back to since #347790 is still unfixed. :-(
Here's the text output during the xterm upgrade:
Unpacking replacement xterm ...
Preparing to replace xtrlock 2.0-10 (using .../xtrlock_2.0-11_i386.deb) ...
[...]
Setting up xterm (208-3.1) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/X11/app-defaults/UXTerm ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color ...
Here's how the alternatives looked before the upgrade:
root@dragon:~joey>update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator
There are 5 alternatives which provide `x-terminal-emulator'.
Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
+ 1 /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper
* 2 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
3 /usr/X11R6/bin/uxterm
4 /usr/X11R6/bin/koi8rxterm
5 /usr/X11R6/bin/lxterm
Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:
And after:
root@dragon:~joey>update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator
There are 5 alternatives which provide `x-terminal-emulator'.
Selection Alternative
-----------------------------------------------
*+ 1 /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper
2 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
3 /usr/X11R6/bin/uxterm
4 /usr/X11R6/bin/koi8rxterm
5 /usr/X11R6/bin/lxterm
Press enter to keep the default[*], or type selection number:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.5-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1.1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libice6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.5-1 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsm6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System Session Management
ii libx11-6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxaw8 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-2 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxmu6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0.2-1 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii xlibs-data 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System client data
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-9 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii xutils 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 X Window System utility programs
-- no debconf information
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see shy jo
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