Bug#348139: java-package: in postinst script the function program_alternative() misuse update-alternative

[Barry Hawkins]

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Eric Valette wrote:
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> I tried the last recently published update of the sun jre1.5 : update
> 06. BTW Previously I had a lot of problem with the alternative stuff
> when adding new packages version. This time, I saw someone changed the
> postinst script.
> 
> Unfortunately it broke on my machine. I have no more the message
> failure. It was complaining to try to copy something from different
> devices. I just ran the /var/lib/dpkg/info/sun-jrexxx-postinst script by
> hand and found the wrong line. Then looking at the update-alternatives
> man page, I do not understand the way the argument were given. I changed
> them and the script worked. I then called apt-get -f install to finish
> install.
> 
Thanks for the additional information.  I am working on the next
java-package release today and will investigate this.

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