Debian Bug report logs - #7326
policy manual refers to update-alternatives(8) which is bogus

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

Reported by: Mark Eichin <eichin@cygnus.com>

Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 01:03:04 UTC

Severity: fixed

Merged with 17283

Done: Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Forwarded to ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#7326; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Mark Eichin <eichin@cygnus.com>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).

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

package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.8

/usr/doc/dpkg/programmer.html/ch-alternatives.html says:

See the manpage <code>update-alternatives(8)</code> for
details.<P>

man update-alternatives says:

       update-alternatives  does  not  have  a  useful  man page.
       Please do not report this as a bug, as  this  has  already
       been done many times.

The information on how to handle alternatives correctly (especially
how to choose "levels") should be documented *somewhere*!

Merged 7326 17283. Request was from jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Severity set to `fixed'. Request was from jdassen@wi.leidenuniv.nl to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Severity set to `fixed'. Request was from Joel Klecker <jk@espy.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Noted your statement that bug has been forwarded to ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk. Request was from Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Forwarded-to-address changed from ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk to ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk. Request was from Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg-iwj'. Request was from Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cs.leidenuniv.nl> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg-iwj' to `dpkg'. Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug closed, ack sent to submitter - they'd better know why ! Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

Bug reassigned from package `dpkg' to `dpkg'. Request was from Anthony Towns <ajt@master.debian.org> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

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Debian Bug report logs - #7326 policy manual refers to update-alternatives(8) which is bogus

Debian Bug report logs - #7326
policy manual refers to update-alternatives(8) which is bogus