Re: update-alternatives problem
On Thu, 8 Aug 2002 05:19:03 +0800 csj <csj@mindgate.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Aug 2002 02:28:32 +0100 Carlos Sousa wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 7 Aug 2002 04:09:47 +0800 csj <csj@mindgate.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Yes, that was one of the workarounds I thought of. I feel the
> > > alternatives system could use something like that. Instead of
> > > relinked symlinks, a simple script containing something like "exec
> > > `which editor`" would be installed and changed every time the user
> > > decides to change alternatives. A simple call to sed
> > > s/oldprog/newprog/ the script should do the trick.
> >
> > I agree. This seems important enough to file a bug against dpkg (the
> > package that provides the update-alternatives program), with a
> > severity of "minor" (above "wishlist" anyway) on the grounds that it
> > does not provide the expected funcionality when dealing with
> > alternatives that are symlinks themselves.
>
> Could you do that? You explain the problem better than I can.
Done. You should be getting a copy through the BTS any time now.
Cheers,
--
Carlos Sousa
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