etc alternatives craziness
Derek Broughton
derek at pointerstop.ca
Tue Nov 17 00:37:32 UTC 2009
Ed Lazerus wrote:
> Can someone please tell me how can I disable and prevent this
> /etc/alternative mess?
Afaik, it can't be done. Every time you manually create a symlink that
could be handled by alternatives, you risk breaking something else, and it
will likely be replaced the next time the package providing the old symlink
is upgraded anyway. Why anyone would _want_ to do it is beyond me - trying
to get around it is what tends to cause the "mess". If you'd actually
explained what you want to do and why alternatives causes a problem, it
would be a whole lot easier to figure out how to help you.
--
derek
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