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[gutsy] update-alternatives --quiet problem

Bug #137306 reported by zedstar
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dpkg (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: dpkg

Various packages are trying to run update-alternatives --quiet ... in postinst scripts etc. This fails on my system which does not support --quiet.

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zedstar (jptmoore) wrote :

Sorry, not a bug, local problem on my system. I had installed the Ipkg packaging system and it added its own update-altenatives to /usr/local/bin which was being picked up before the dpkg one.

Changed in dpkg:
status: New → Invalid
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Ian Jackson (ijackson) wrote : Re: [Bug 137306] [gutsy] update-alternatives --quiet problem

zedstar writes ("[Bug 137306] [gutsy] update-alternatives --quiet problem"):
> Various packages are trying to run update-alternatives --quiet ... in
> postinst scripts etc. This fails on my system which does not support
> --quiet.
>
> ** Affects: dpkg (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided
> Status: New

Which version of dpkg do you have installed and which version of
Ubuntu are you running ?

Ian.

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