#1 2016-12-09 00:38:23

Sector11

Mod Squid Tpyo Knig

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Registered: 2015-08-20

Posts: 8,030

warning: skip creation of

Never seen the likes of this before, while doing an update / upgrade:

update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/bin/vim.tiny because link group vi is broken
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/fr/man1/vi.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/fr/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group vi) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/it/man1/vi.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/it/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group vi) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/ja/man1/vi.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/ja/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group vi) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/pl/man1/vi.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/pl/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group vi) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/ru/man1/vi.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/ru/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group vi) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/bin/vim.tiny because link group view is broken
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/fr/man1/view.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/fr/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group view) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/it/man1/view.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/it/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group view) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/ja/man1/view.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/ja/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group view) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/pl/man1/view.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/pl/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group view) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/ru/man1/view.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/ru/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group view) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/bin/vim.tiny because link group ex is broken
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/fr/man1/ex.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/fr/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group ex) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/it/man1/ex.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/it/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group ex) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/ja/man1/ex.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/ja/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group ex) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/pl/man1/ex.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/pl/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group ex) doesn't exist
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/ru/man1/ex.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/ru/man1/vim.1.gz (of link group ex) doesn't exist

Could it be related to this Bug report logs - #821141

Yes, I realize one is vim-tiny the other iceweasel but the common point:

update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of

Dangerous?  Bad ??

Also since I don't use/need those languages on my system how can I get rid of them?

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zephyr

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From: Norman, Oklahoma-USA

Registered: 2015-09-29

Posts: 412

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Re: warning: skip creation of

dpkg-reconfigure localepurge

@Sector11: Don't have the files on my install, may try installing <localepurge> and running sudo dpkg-reconfigure localepurge. Wish I could offer more but do know it affects the /usr/share/man files.

http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/pre … rge.8.html

cheers

z

Last edited by zephyr (2016-12-09 10:50:34)

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Devuan

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Registered: 2015-10-31

Posts: 2,703

Re: warning: skip creation of

Also since I don't use/need those languages on my system how can I get rid of them?

dpkg-reconfigure locales

Sector11

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From: Upstairs

Registered: 2015-08-20

Posts: 8,030

Re: warning: skip creation of

Thanks guys ... interesting thing I have "localepurge" here and /etc/locale.nopurge has the onbly two 'locales' I'm interested in:

# Following locales won't be deleted from this system
# after package installations done with apt-get(8):

en
en_CA.UTF-8

Interesting I just ran it again and the locales (or at least the man pages) are still there and populated.

Example: /usr/share/man/ru/man1/manpath.1.gz

[ snip-snip ]
.TP 
.if  !'po4a'hide' .BR \-q ", " \-\-quiet
Не выдавать предупреждения.
.TP 
.if  !'po4a'hide' .BR \-d ", " \-\-debug
Показывать отладочную информацию.
.TP 
.if  !'po4a'hide' .BR \-c ", " \-\-catpath
Вывести catpath, а не manpath. После того, как определён manpath, каждый
элемент преобразуется в соответствующий catpath.
.TP 
.if  !'po4a'hide' .BR \-g ", " \-\-global
[ snip-snip]

@zephyr - YES!  It should affect the man pages. that's the reason I installed it years ago.

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