Debian Bug report logs - #25759
dpkg: overwrites "alternatives" symlinks without warning

Package: dpkg; Maintainer for dpkg is Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>; Source for dpkg is src:dpkg (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>

Date: Sun, 16 Aug 1998 08:03:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 80144, 271264, 771956

Found in versions 1.4.0.24, dpkg/1.16.15, 1.7.2

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#25759; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to <reiter@forest.bofh.asn.au>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.24
Severity: wishlist

Let's say /usr/bin/java is a symlink to /etc/alternatives/java.
Now I install a (badly made) package that includes /usr/bin/java as a 
regular file.
I was glad to see that the new file didn't overwrite the ultimate 
destination of the existing symlink, but I think that there ought to be 
a warning that the symlink is being removed, if not an actual error.

Btw, `update-alternatives' still behaves reasonably well (laudably well,
actually), despite /usr/bin/java now being a regular file.

Just a wishlist item,

pjm.

Severity set to `normal'. Request was from Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Merged 25759 80144. Request was from Thomas Hood <jdthood@yahoo.co.uk> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Message sent on to <reiter@forest.bofh.asn.au>:
Bug#25759. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #12 received at 25759-submitter@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

severity 25759 normal
merge 25759 80144
thanks

Both of these ask for better behavior when a package
contains a file of the same pathname as a generic name
in the alternatives system.

Changed Bug title. Request was from Adam Heath <doogie@brainfood.com> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Merged 25759 80144 271264. Request was from Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Changed Bug submitter from <reiter@forest.bofh.asn.au> to Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>. Request was from Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Disconnected #25759 from all other report(s). Request was from Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Tue, 24 Feb 2015 13:21:10 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Marked as found in versions dpkg/1.16.15. Request was from Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:39:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Merged 25759 271264 771956 80144 Request was from Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:39:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

Changed Bug title to 'dpkg: overwrites "alternatives" symlinks without warning' from '[U-A] dpkg: overwrites "alternatives" symlinks without warning' Request was from Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (Sun, 29 Mar 2015 00:03:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).

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Debian Bug report logs - #25759 dpkg: overwrites "alternatives" symlinks without warning

Debian Bug report logs - #25759
dpkg: overwrites "alternatives" symlinks without warning