Re: [Attn: alternatives maintainer] - ghostscript preremove breakage

[Tim <tk_w at gmx dot de>]

Charles Wilson <cygwin <at> cwilson.fastmail.fm> writes:
> > I just tried again:
> > 
> > I deleted /usr/bin/gs symlink, /etc/alternatives/gs symlink and
/var/lib/alternatives/gs.
> >
> > 12:13 AM [506]> update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gs gs
/usr/bin/gs-native 10
> > 01:20 AM [507]> update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gs gs
/usr/bin/gs-x11 20
> > path to alternate expected in /var/lib/alternatives/gs
> > 01:20 AM [508]> cat /var/lib/alternatives/gs 
> > auto
> > /usr/bin/gs
> > 
> > /usr/bin/gs-native
> > 10
> 
> Still can't reproduce:
[...]

I've had the same issue.
I solved it by rm /usr/bin/gs.exe which was actually a symlink to /usr/bin/gs
which I created for whatever reason times ago. After this, repeat the foregoing
procedure and everything should work fine.

Tim


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