[Bug 1836713] Re: upgrade of openvswitch packages resets alternative binaries to auto

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This bug was fixed in the package openvswitch - 2.12.0~git20190903
.1cdf291dc-0ubuntu1

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openvswitch (2.12.0~git20190903.1cdf291dc-0ubuntu1) eoan; urgency=medium

  * New upstream snapshot from 2.12 branch.
  * d/p/0001-acinclude-Also-use-LIBS-from-dpkg-pkg-config.patch: Drop,
    included upstream.
  * d/control: Bumped Standards-Version to 4.4.0.
  * d/control,rules: Drop Python 2 support.
  * d/rules: Disable testing of DPDK build on arm64 as builders don't
    have the required crc32 CPU feature.
  * d/control: Version BD for libdpdk-dev to ensure buid without overlinking.

 -- James Page <james.page at ubuntu.com>  Fri, 06 Sep 2019 09:46:28 +0100

** Changed in: openvswitch (Ubuntu Eoan)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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Title:
  upgrade of openvswitch packages resets alternative binaries to auto

Status in openvswitch package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in openvswitch source package in Bionic:
  Triaged
Status in openvswitch source package in Disco:
  Triaged
Status in openvswitch source package in Eoan:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Upgrading and existing openvswitch installation which has been
  manually configured to use the DPDK alternative binary using:

    sudo update-alternatives --set ovs-vswitchd /usr/lib/openvswitch-
  switch-dpdk/ovs-vswitchd-dpdk

  results in the ovs-vswitchd being reset back to 'auto':

  Setting up openvswitch-switch (2.11.0-0ubuntu2~cloud0) ...
  update-alternatives: using /usr/lib/openvswitch-switch/ovs-vswitchd to provide /usr/sbin/ovs-vswitchd (ovs-vswitchd) in auto mode

  
  The prerm maintainer scripts always remove the alternatives, which purges any manual setting done of the binaries.

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