etc alternatives craziness

[Ed Lazerus]

On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Derek Broughton <derek at pointerstop.ca>wrote:

> Ed Lazerus wrote:
>
> > Can someone please tell me how can I disable and prevent this
> > /etc/alternative mess?
>
> Afaik, it can't be done.

This is a VERY bad move.


>  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
>

See my post to Karl, if I use complete remove it should do that and allow me
to run the true binary.


> is upgraded anyway. Why anyone would _want_ to do it is beyond me - trying
>

see my post to Karl, I like to run for some modern features some programs,
surely that is not beyond you? :)



> 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.
>

I thought I did, my apology, English not so good, see message to Karl.

ciao Eddie



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