Bug number - 916799

Part of package: dpkg.

Bug description:

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Debian Bug report logs -  #916799 dpkg: update-alternatives does not properly deregister obsolete slaves if the link group is currently broken
Package:      dpkg; Maintainer for dpkg is Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>; Source for dpkg is src:dpkg (PTS, buildd, popcon).
Reported by: Andreas Beckmann <anbe@debian.org>
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 18:33:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Tags: pending
Found in versions dpkg/1.19.2, dpkg/1.18.25
Fixed in version dpkg/1.19.3
Done: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

All x-patch and x-diff attachments.

Patch	Author	Date
u-a-obsolete-slave-removal.patch	Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>	Thu, 20 Dec 2018 05:59:04 +0100

Original bug report here.