Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.2 Severity: normal File: /usr/bin/update-alternatives
# update-alternatives --remove /path/to/file name ; echo $? 0 If I add --verbose I get # update-alternatives --verbose --remove /path/to/file name update-alternatives: no alternatives for /path/to/file. That should return an error because the arguments are switched, correct would be update-alternatives --remove name /path/to/file The --install option does the check correctly: # update-alternatives --verbose --install /bin/some-link /path/to/file name 42 update-alternatives: error: alternative name (/path/to/file) must not contain '/' and spaces. The missing check on remove causes several maintainer scripts to not properly remove an alternative because they use garbled arguments, but this is not noticed. Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
