On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 14:18, Tille, Andreas wrote: > Hello, > > shouldn´t *the default python* (tm) not do something like > > update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python \ > /usr/bin/python<the-default-python-tm> 10 > > ? > I´ve just checked the situation on perl > > /usr/bin> ls -l perl perl-5.6 perl5.6.1 > -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 707644 22. Jun 11:04 perl > -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 707644 22. Jun 11:04 perl-5.6 > -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 707644 22. Jun 11:04 perl5.6.1 > > we have three copies of the same binary in /usr/bin. I havn´t dealt > with those stuff but I would consider this as a bug. At least links > would be apropriate in my opinion. I´d like to hear some words of > the experts (well this is not the perl list here, but I found it out > while checking a python problem which is the main target of my > question) before I file a bug report. three copies? seems we have one copy of the same binary under three names here. unix support hardlinks, remember? -- Federico Di Gregorio Debian GNU/Linux Developer & Italian Press Contact fog@debian.org INIT.D Developer fog@initd.org Qu'est ce que la folie? Juste un sentiment de liberté si fort qu'on en oublie ce qui nous rattache au monde... -- J. de Loctra
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