Bug 173685

Summary:	update-alternatives --install should not remove non-symlinks
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim>
Component:	chkconfig	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:	Ben Levenson <benl>
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Description Thomas Fitzsimmons 2005-11-18 21:54:03 UTC

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Description of problem:
update-alternatives --install removes slaves if they're in its database but are no longer slaves of the master being installed, even if slave has been changed to something other than a symlink.  This behaviour causes legitimate files to be removed during upgrades that change a file from an alternative symlink to a normal file.


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. build and install java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40jpp_51rh
2. build and install java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-1.4.2.0-40jpp_52rh


Actual Results:  /usr/bin/rebuild-gcj-db does not exist:

$ rpm -qV java-1.4.2-gcj-compat
..?......   /etc/java/security/security.d/1000-gnu.java.security.provider.Gnu
missing     /usr/bin/rebuild-gcj-db


Expected Results:  Smooth upgrade.


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Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2005-11-18 21:57:07 UTC

Fixed in 1.3.24-1, in theory.