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update-alternatives is not explained
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.27
Severity: minor
When running command:
update-alternatives --config editor
There is (+) and (*) marks. The star-mark is implied from the promp
message that appears, but what is the purpose of (+) is left to
shrouds. No matter what item value is selected, the (+) stays where
it is.
Please document the marks and the behavior of the interactive
screen in the manual.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii dselect 1.10.27 a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1.13.3
Hello,
On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 12:59:30PM +0300, Jari Aalto wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.10.27
> Severity: minor
>
> When running command:
>
> update-alternatives --config editor
>
> There is (+) and (*) marks. The star-mark is implied from the promp
> message that appears, but what is the purpose of (+) is left to
> shrouds. No matter what item value is selected, the (+) stays where
> it is.
>
> Please document the marks and the behavior of the interactive
> screen in the manual.
The '+' marks the alternative with the highest priority.
This bug is a duplicate from 270486, which was fixed in:
dpkg (1.13.3) experimental; urgency=low
* Documentation:
- Documented what the '+' and '*' mean in update-alternatives --config
output. Closes: #270486.
Kind Regards,
--
Nekral
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