[Bug 37435] maintainer of /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/ doesn't do updates safely

[Stewart Smith]

Public bug reported:

Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
       Severity: Normal
       Priority: (none set)
     Assignee: Ian Jackson
         Status: Confirmed


Description:
This is because i hit BUG#37430.

Now, I have a bunch of files in /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives that are
corrupted.

This is because (obviously to me at least) that whatever maintains this
list is not creating a new file, syncing and renaming it to do updates
to the files in this directory. If it did, no files would be corrupted
and recoving from this crash would be a lot easier.

What I really need now is a program that will regenerate the files in
this directory. Or at least point out the corrupted ones and regenerate
those.

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maintainer of /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/ doesn't do updates safely
https://launchpad.net/bugs/37435