Re: update-alternatives
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 04:44:28PM +0200, Camaleón wrote:
>
> And what's what you want to get exactly?
>
> > So what does the --auto option do otherwise than showing me what I have
> > already seen in the --config screen?
>
> It does exactly what the man page says :-)
>
> --auto link
> Switch the master symlink link to automatic mode. In the process,
> this symlink and its slaves are updated to point to the highest pri‐
> ority installed alternatives.
What I did not understand previously from the manpage is what determines
'highest priority'. I was under the impression that one can change that
with update-alternatives and I did not realise that it was a by-product
of the packaged alternatives' installation.
After the explanation on the list and reading the man page again, this
became clear to me.
Even though technically correct, it did not help me on the first (and
second read) to understand it correctly although I am an experienced
Debian user and was system administrator for 10 years.
Regards
Johann
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