Re: Adobe acroread upgrade breaks links, and a FIX

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

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Jochen Schulz wrote on 2008-03-24 13:12:
> Patrick Wiseman:
>> rm /etc/alternatives/acroread
>> ln -s /usr/lib/Adobe/Reader8/bin/acroread-en /etc/alternatives/acroread
> 
> The proper way to handle the symlinks in /etc/alternatives is to use
> update-alternatives.

What is the difference?

update-alternatives --config does not work, because there is no
alternative and

# update-alternatives --set acroread /usr/lib/Adobe/Reader8/bin/acroread-en

seems to just do the same as the ln -s

Thanks for clarifications.

Johannes
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