Bug#883637: nvidia-alternative: update-glx not triggered on uninstall

[Andreas Beckmann]

Control: reassign -1 nvidia-alternative 361.45.18-1
Control: retitle -1 nvidia-alternative: update-glx not triggered on uninstall

On 2017-12-07 00:10, Jayen Ashar wrote:
> After following the steps above, the bug can be reproduced with:
> 
>     sudo aptitude purge nvidia-alternative nvidia-alternative:amd64
>     # i accepted whatever resolution was suggested
> 
> The new bug is that `update-glx` is not triggered when `nvidia-alternative` is removed.  Only `update-alternative` is triggered.

Thanks. Yes, there are some corner cases where alternative cleanup
is skipped (i.e. leaving broken symlinks) or too aggressive (i.e.
clearing manual mode of an alternative that is retained).



Andreas