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#!/bin/bash -e

pkg=vim-nox
variant=nox

# two things to do:
# 1) remove /usr/bin/vim.variant as alternative for /usr/bin/vim
# 2) remove /usr/bin/gvim as an alternative for gnome-text-editor for
#    variants built with gnome support

# check_and_remove_alternative cleans up stale alternatives that were left
# behind from previous mishandling of alternatives.
check_and_remove_alternative () {
  if update-alternatives --list $1 | grep -q bin/vim; then
    for f in `update-alternatives --list $1 | grep 'bin/vim$'`; do
      update-alternatives --remove $1 $f
    done
  fi
}

remove_gnome_alternative () {
  if [ -f /usr/bin/vim.$variant ]; then
    check_and_remove_alternative gnome-text-editor
    update-alternatives --remove gnome-text-editor /usr/bin/vim.$variant
  fi
}

remove_variant_alternative () {
  for i in vi view ex editor rvim rview vimdiff vim; do
    check_and_remove_alternative $i
    update-alternatives --remove $i /usr/bin/vim.$variant
  done
  case "$variant" in
    gtk|lesstif|gnome) # gui enabled variants
      remove_gui_variant_alternative
      ;;
  esac
}

remove_gui_variant_alternative () {
  for i in eview evim gview gvimdiff rgview rgvim gvim; do
    check_and_remove_alternative $i
    update-alternatives --remove $i /usr/bin/vim.$variant
  done
}

case "$1" in
  remove)
    case "$pkg" in
      vim-gnome) # gnome enabled variants
        remove_gnome_alternative
	;;
    esac
    remove_variant_alternative
    ;;
esac



exit 0