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Bug#982803: procps: broken alternative for /usr/bin/w left on the system

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Package: procps
Followup-For: Bug #982803

While the /etc/alternatives/w file got removed, the maintainer scripts
still cause a warning during the upgrade:

   Preparing to unpack .../procps_2%3a3.3.17-4_amd64.deb ...
   Unpacking procps (2:3.3.17-4) over (2:3.3.16-5) ...
   Setting up procps (2:3.3.17-4) ...
   update-alternatives: warning: alternative /usr/bin/w.procps (part of link group w) doesn't exist; removing from list of alternatives
   update-alternatives: warning: /etc/alternatives/w is dangling; it will be updated with best choice

-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers testing-debug
  APT policy: (900, 'testing-debug'), (900, 'testing'), (800, 'unstable-debug'), (800, 'unstable'), (790, 'buildd-unstable'), (700, 'experimental-debug'), (700, 'experimental'), (690, 'buildd-experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_WARN, TAINT_FIRMWARE_WORKAROUND
Locale: LANG=en_AU.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_AU:en
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages procps depends on:
ii  init-system-helpers  1.60
ii  libc6                2.31-9
ii  libncurses6          6.2+20201114-2
ii  libncursesw6         6.2+20201114-2
ii  libprocps8           2:3.3.17-4
ii  libtinfo6            6.2+20201114-2
ii  lsb-base             11.1.0

Versions of packages procps recommends:
ii  psmisc  23.4-2

procps suggests no packages.

-- no debconf information

-- 
bye,
pabs

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Bug#982803: procps: broken alternative for /usr/bin/w left on the system Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2021-02-14 18:30 +0100
  Bug#982803: procps: broken alternative for /usr/bin/w left on the system Craig Small <csmall@dropbear.xyz> - 2021-02-14 22:20 +0100
  Bug#982803: procps: broken alternative for /usr/bin/w left on the system Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-03-02 09:00 +0100
    Bug#982803: procps: broken alternative for /usr/bin/w left on the system Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2021-03-11 11:20 +0100
      Bug#982803: procps: broken alternative for /usr/bin/w left on the system Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-03-11 12:10 +0100
        Bug#982803: procps: broken alternative for /usr/bin/w left on the system Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> - 2021-03-17 01:10 +0100

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