diff -rupN sensible-utils.git/select-editor.in sensible-utils.git-new/select-editor.in
--- sensible-utils.git/select-editor.in	2017-11-15 11:33:17.000000000 +0100
+++ sensible-utils.git-new/select-editor.in	2018-03-13 10:11:14.612976126 +0100
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ EASIEST="/bin/nano"
 touch $HOME/.selected_editor || exit 1
 
 sorted_list_of_editors() {
-               update-alternatives --query editor | while read emptyline; do
+               update-alternatives --config editor | while read emptyline; do
                        # skip the first entry (header) as well as the rest of processed entries
                        if [ -z "$emptyline" ]; then continue; fi
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ sorted_list_of_editors() {
 }
 
 
-editors=`update-alternatives --list editor | wc -l`
+editors=`update-alternatives --config editor | wc -l`
 if [ $editors -gt 1 ]; then
         # fix simple to 1 see #777168
         simple=1