On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 06:44:00PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: > Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:44:00 -0400 > From: Matt Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: update-alternatives broken? > > On my s390 system in Hercules, update-alternatives fails for every package > which uses it: > > Setting up telnet (0.17-15.0.1) ... > update-alternatives: slave link name /usr/share/man/man1/telnet.1.gz > duplicated > dpkg: error processing telnet (--configure): > > All of the invocations appear to be correct (a similar error in all of these > packages would be quite unlikely), and update-alternatives isn't doing > anything ridiculous that I can see, so maybe this is a Perl bug of some > sort? I tried adding 'use integer;' in `update-alternatives` but the problem hasn't gone away. I thought it might have something to do with the way Hercules does floating point, (which is default in perl).
What's the status on the 'boot-floppies' front? I'm ready to start a new installation and get into the documentation stuff. Richard -- Unix: Your gun, Your bullet, Your foot, Your choice. M$-CE/ME/NT: Same as Unix, BUT: No choice, and We Aim Higher. Have a nice day ;-) Richard Higson mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
