Bug#1001390: xterm / uxterm / lxterm suddenly missing from alternatives

[Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>]

On 2021-12-09 15:24 +0100, Harald Welte wrote:

> Package: xterm
> Version: 370-1
> Severity: normal
>
> After upgrading xterm to the most recent package in xterm,
> suddenly the x-terminal-emulator alternative was pointing
> to gnome-terminal instead of uxterm (before the upgrade).
>
> Even worse, xterm and uxterm are apparently no longer even
> registered with the alternatives mechanism.
>
> I checked the debian changelog, and it didn't state any
> related change.
>
> So I conclude this is a bug and xterm / uxterm / lxterm
> should of course still show up in the alternatives, as it
> has always been.

Probably you have hit bug #1001198 in dpkg 1.21.0, which corrupts the
alternatives database.

> /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/x-terminal-emulator on unstable:
>
> -----------
> /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator
> x-terminal-emulator.1.gz
> /usr/share/man/man1/x-terminal-emulator.1.gz
>
> /usr/bin/gnome-terminal.wrapper
> 40
> /usr/share/man/man1/gnome-terminal.1.gz
> -----------

Did you upgrade dpkg to version 1.21.1 yet?  If not, please do so and
report back.

Cheers,
       Sven