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Re: annoying updating alternatives messages



On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 02:09:56AM +0000, Adrian Bridgett wrote:
> Do we really need these messages?  I find they really pollute the screen
> with useless information.  Alternatives are great and powerful, but a file
> describing how to use them is better than a "see man ln".
[...]
> Checking available versions of xcolorsel, updating links in
> /etc/alternatives ...
> (You may modify the symlinks there yourself if desired - see man ln'.)
> Updating xcolorsel (/usr/X11R6/bin/xcolorsel) to point to
> /usr/share/xaw-wrappers/wrapper.

Agreed.  I don't mind the informational message, but maybe we could get it
down to a single line?

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