Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.1.2 Severity: normal I accidentally removed all symlinks in /etc/alternatives/ by using:
- cd /etc - bzr init - bzr add alternatives - bzr revert alternatives (I think bzr shouldn´t remove files on reverting the action to just add them to the branch, but thats a different issue I want to report upstream.) Upon trying to restore the symlinks I searched the internet and found: dpkg: [update-alternatives] Add option --rebuild-all to restore symlinks http://bugs.debian.org/395556 which was fixed by documenting --all Call --config on all alternatives. It can be usefully com- bined with --skip-auto to review and configure all alterna- tives which are not configured in automatic mode. Broken alternatives are also displayed. Thus a simple way to fix all broken alternatives is to call yes '' | update-alterna- tives --force --all. in update-alternatives(8). But after that command issued on the shell the alternatives links have not been restored. To demonstrate this: root@rx3001:/etc# mv alternatives/ alternatives-2011-12-06 root@rx3001:/etc# mkdir alternatives root@rx3001:/etc# ls alternatives root@rx3001:/etc# yes '' | LANG=C update-alternatives --force --all There is 1 choice for the alternative aptitude (providing /usr/bin/aptitude). Selection Path Priority Status ------------------------------------------------------------ 0 /usr/bin/aptitude-curses 30 auto mode 1 /usr/bin/aptitude-curses 30 manual mode Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: update-alter natives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative (null) because link group aptitude is broken. […] root@rx3001:/etc# ls alternatives root@rx3001:/etc# My work-around was to use the brute-force approach: root@rx3001:~# for PAKET in $(dpkg -l | sed '1,5d' | awk '{ print $2; }') ; do echo "====$PAKET===="; aptitude reinstall $PAKET; done Expected results: Said one liner works or another one liner is noted in the manpage. Or if no one liner possible: The hint to it in the manpage is removed. PS: This didn´t happen on this notebook I report this bug from. It happened on a freshly installed Debian Squeeze 6.0.3. Thanks, Martin -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (120, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 8.13-3 ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.6-1 ii libc6 2.13-21 ii libselinux1 2.1.0-4 ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20110809-3 ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.8.15.9 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
