Bug#554136: update-alternatives fails when setting an alternative in manual mode

[Raphael Geissert-4]

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.15.3.1

Hi,

On a clean chroot:
# apt-get install mpg123-alsa
...
Setting up libmpg123-0 (1.9.1-2) ...
Setting up mpg123 (1.9.1-2) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/mpg123.bin to provide /usr/bin/mpg123 (mpg123) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/mpg123.bin to provide /usr/bin/mp3-decoder (mp3-decoder) in auto mode.
Setting up mpg123-alsa (1.9.1-2) ...
# update-alternatives --set mpg123 /usr/bin/mpg123-alsa
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/mpg123-alsa to provide /usr/bin/mpg123 (mpg123) in manual mode.
Can't call method "slave" on an undefined value at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 1017.

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[Guillem Jover]

retitle 554136 u-a: --set fails with undefined value on non-registered paths
thanks

Hi!

On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 01:32:49 -0600, Raphael Geissert wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.15.3.1

> On a clean chroot:
> # apt-get install mpg123-alsa
> ...
> Setting up libmpg123-0 (1.9.1-2) ...
> Setting up mpg123 (1.9.1-2) ...
> update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/mpg123.bin to provide /usr/bin/mpg123 (mpg123) in auto mode.
> update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/mpg123.bin to provide /usr/bin/mp3-decoder (mp3-decoder) in auto mode.
> Setting up mpg123-alsa (1.9.1-2) ...
> # update-alternatives --set mpg123 /usr/bin/mpg123-alsa
> update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/mpg123-alsa to provide /usr/bin/mpg123 (mpg123) in manual mode.
> Can't call method "slave" on an undefined value at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 1017.

The invokation is just wrong, as there's no /usr/bin/mpg123-alsa
alternative. In any case u-a should not fail like this, so I've fixed
this and it will be included in 1.15.5.3, which we'll probably upload
tomorrow.

regards,
guillem




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> retitle 554136 u-a: --set fails with undefined value on non-registered paths
Bug #554136 [dpkg] update-alternatives fails when setting an alternative in manual mode
Changed Bug title to 'u-a: --set fails with undefined value on non-registered paths' from 'update-alternatives fails when setting an alternative in manual mode'
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Package: dpkg
Version: 1.15.3.1

Hi,

On a clean chroot:
# apt-get install mpg123-alsa
...
Setting up libmpg123-0 (1.9.1-2) ...
Setting up mpg123 (1.9.1-2) ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/mpg123.bin to provide /usr/bin/mpg123 (mpg123) in auto mode.
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/mpg123.bin to provide /usr/bin/mp3-decoder (mp3-decoder) in auto mode.
Setting up mpg123-alsa (1.9.1-2) ...
# update-alternatives --set mpg123 /usr/bin/mpg123-alsa
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/mpg123-alsa to provide /usr/bin/mpg123 (mpg123) in manual mode.
Can't call method "slave" on an undefined value at /usr/sbin/update-alternatives line 1017.

Cheers,
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Source: dpkg
Source-Version: 1.15.5.3

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
dpkg, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

dpkg-dev_1.15.5.3_all.deb
  to main/d/dpkg/dpkg-dev_1.15.5.3_all.deb
dpkg_1.15.5.3.dsc
  to main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.15.5.3.dsc
dpkg_1.15.5.3.tar.bz2
  to main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.15.5.3.tar.bz2
dpkg_1.15.5.3_amd64.deb
  to main/d/dpkg/dpkg_1.15.5.3_amd64.deb
dselect_1.15.5.3_amd64.deb
  to main/d/dpkg/dselect_1.15.5.3_amd64.deb



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Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:23:36 +0100
Source: dpkg
Binary: dpkg dpkg-dev dselect
Architecture: source amd64 all
Version: 1.15.5.3
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@...>
Changed-By: Guillem Jover <guillem@...>
Description:
 dpkg       - Debian package management system
 dpkg-dev   - Debian package development tools
 dselect    - Debian package management front-end
Closes: 554136 557013 557547 557618 557664 557668 558233
Changes:
 dpkg (1.15.5.3) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   [ Raphael Hertzog ]
   * Avoid usage of IO::String in dpkg-scanpackages, rely on Dpkg::IPC
     instead to directly get a pipe file descriptor. Closes: #557013
   * Put "3.0 (quilt)" in the default list of formats tried by dpkg-source
     after "1.0" and before "3.0 (native)".
   * Let dpkg-source fail if several upstream orig.tar files are available
     (using different compression scheme) since we don't know which one
     to use.
   * Add missing "use Dpkg::Gettext" in Dpkg::Changelog::Entry::Debian.
     Closes: #557668
   * When building "3.0 (quilt)" source packages, use QUILT_PATCH_OPTS="-t -F 0
     -N -u -V never -g0" so that quilt is as strict as dpkg-source's internal
     implementation of quilt. Closes: #557664, #558233
   * Before accepting to build a 3.0 (quilt) source packages, ensure that
     debian/patches is a directory (or non-existing) and that
     debian/patches/series is a file (or non-existing). Closes: #557618
   * Dpkg::IPC::fork_and_exec() now includes the changed environment
     variables in the default error message displayed when the sub-process
     fails.
 .
   [ Guillem Jover ]
   * Verify that the alternative used in update-alternatives --set has been
     registered instead of failing with an undefined value in the slave
     method. Closes: #554136
   * Strip leading spaces in the first line of a field's value in
     Dpkg::Control::Hash. Closes: #557547
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