the removal is done in tcltk-defaults from experimental. $ cat tcl.preinst #!/bin/sh
set -e case "$1" in install|upgrade) # Currently the alternatives mechanism is not used if dpkg --compare-versions "$2" lt-nl "8.6.0+2"; then update-alternatives --remove-all tclsh || true fi ;; [...] I assume this works good enough in practice, but fails when a versioned tcl8.x was installed without the tcl package installed. same for tk. Matthias -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org