Bug#337332: vim.list unpacks two wrong links (which update-alternatives then corrects)

[Stefano Zacchiroli]

On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 11:01:52PM +0000, J S Bygott wrote:
> Two symlinks in vim.list should be deleted:
> srwxrwxrwx    root/root          0 ./usr/share/man/man1/ex.1.gz --> vim.1.gz
> srwxrwxrwx    root/root          0 ./usr/share/man/man1/view.1.gz --> vim.1.gz
> 
> As soon as dpkg has unpacked these links, dpkg calls vim.postinst, where
> these links are changed with update-alternatives.
> 
> It looks like a bug to include them in vim.list.

As far as I understand your problem, it is solved in a forthcoming
version of the vim package (those links are no longer installed by vim,
but only created as slaves via alternatives).

But still: what's exactly your problem?

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