Tag: maintainer-script-sets-alternative-improperly Severity: warning Check: scripts Renamed-From: maintainer-script-should-not-use-update-alternatives-set Explanation: The maintainer script calls update-alternatives --set <alternative> foo or update-alternatives --config <alternative> or update-alternatives --set-selections. . This makes it impossible to distinguish between an alternative that's manually set because the user set it and one that's manually set because the package set it. See-Also: update-alternatives(8)