Bug#1001390: xterm / uxterm / lxterm suddenly missing from alternatives

2021-12-09 Thread Harald Welte
Hi Sven, On Thu, Dec 09, 2021 at 07:28:22PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > There is a postinst script in dpkg which moves the misplaced files from > /var/lib/dpkg to /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives, but if more than one > package sets up an alternative, that is apparently not enough. I didn't have any '

Bug#1001390: xterm / uxterm / lxterm suddenly missing from alternatives

2021-12-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2021-12-09 18:39 +0100, Harald Welte wrote: > On Thu, Dec 09, 2021 at 05:36:03PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > >> Probably you have hit bug #1001198 in dpkg 1.21.0, which corrupts the >> alternatives database. > > ugh :( That may very well be. > >> Did you upgrade dpkg to version 1.21.1 yet? I

Bug#1001390: xterm / uxterm / lxterm suddenly missing from alternatives

2021-12-09 Thread Harald Welte
On Thu, Dec 09, 2021 at 05:36:03PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: > Probably you have hit bug #1001198 in dpkg 1.21.0, which corrupts the > alternatives database. ugh :( That may very well be. > Did you upgrade dpkg to version 1.21.1 yet? If not, please do so and > report back. yes, I do have dpk

Bug#1001390: xterm / uxterm / lxterm suddenly missing from alternatives

2021-12-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2021-12-09 15:24 +0100, Harald Welte wrote: > Package: xterm > Version: 370-1 > Severity: normal > > After upgrading xterm to the most recent package in xterm, > suddenly the x-terminal-emulator alternative was pointing > to gnome-terminal instead of uxterm (before the upgrade). > > Even worse,

Bug#1001390: xterm / uxterm / lxterm suddenly missing from alternatives

2021-12-09 Thread Harald Welte
Package: xterm Version: 370-1 Severity: normal After upgrading xterm to the most recent package in xterm, suddenly the x-terminal-emulator alternative was pointing to gnome-terminal instead of uxterm (before the upgrade). Even worse, xterm and uxterm are apparently no longer even registered with