etc alternatives craziness

[Derek Broughton]

Christopher Chan wrote:

> 
> You should have built your new amsn according to the layout the Ubuntu
> amsn package uses and then upgrade or done a source compile installation
> into /opt and adjusted the symlinks accordingly in /etc/alternatives.
> 

That is, "adjust the symlinks by using update-alternatives" - otherwise 
there's always the possibility that a future package will overwrite the 
symlink.  otoh, I already told him I wasn't going to help anymore...
-- 
derek