> After uninstalling ipython, I get the following notice from man-db > /etc/cron.daily/man-db: > mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/ipython.1.gz is a dangling symlink > mandb: warning: /usr/share/man/man1/pycolor.1.gz is a dangling symlink > > This looks like an update-alternative issues in the prerm maintainer > scripts.
Indeed. The prerm script contains this: if [ "$1" = "configure" ]; then for i in ipython pycolor ; do update-alternatives --remove $i /usr/bin/python2.4-$i done fi However, "$1" is never "configure" for prerm. The test should check for "remove" instead. I stubmled on this while testing packages with piuparts, which gives the following error messages: 3m43.9s ERROR: Package purging left files on system: /etc/alternatives/ipython /etc/alternatives/ipython.1.gz /etc/alternatives/pycolor /etc/alternatives/pycolor.1.gz /usr/bin/ipython /usr/bin/pycolor /usr/share/man/man1/ipython.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/pycolor.1.gz Hope this is helpful, happy hacking. -- Happiness isn't happiness without a violin-playing goat. -- Notting Hill -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]