[Bug 1955985] Re: installation crashes with error "Setting up openssh-client (1:8.7p1-3) ... update-alternatives: <link> and <path> can't be the same"

[Christian Ehrhardt ]

Indeed fixed in the referred version
https://salsa.debian.org/ssh-team/openssh/-/blob/master/debian/changelog#L4

Debian Bug:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1002803

This is already in jammy-proposed
 openssh-client | 1:8.7p1-4           | jammy-proposed   | amd64, arm64, armhf, i386, ppc64el, riscv64, s390x


** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #1002803
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1002803

** Also affects: openssh (Debian) via
   https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1002803
   Importance: Unknown
       Status: Unknown

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Title:
  installation crashes with error "Setting up openssh-client (1:8.7p1-3)
  ... update-alternatives: <link> and <path> can't be the same"

Status in openssh package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in openssh package in Debian:
  Unknown

Bug description:
  Description:    Ubuntu Jammy Jellyfish (development branch)
  Release:        22.04
  openssh-client (1:8.7p1-3)
  I expected it to install normally.
  The installation crashed.
  E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

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