etc alternatives craziness

[Chan Chung Hang Christopher]

Ed Lazerus wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Christopher Chan <
> christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:
>
>   
>>> I screwed nothing up, I did not like the very old versions of lynx,
>>> and amsn, so i used synaptic to completely remove them, then i
>>> installed the source for lynx, and built amsn using make deb, so
>>> ubuntu screwed up
>>>  by not removing whatever it wants in /etc/alternatives given I used
>>> complete remove option.
>>>       
>> Yes you did. This is how Ubuntu was built and you will find the same I
>> suspect in other distributions that are more recent.
>>
>>
>>     
> If this is true, then ubuntu is not for me, if I wish dictatorship in
> operating system, I'll use windows!
> To expect someone to know this must be done a certain way is unreasonable
> and not good for linux.
>   

/me rotfl

>  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.
>>
>>
>>     
> it should run regardless, again, dictatorship, to expect people to know to
> link to this that links to that, is lamer material.
>   

You are free to build your Linux distribution. Be your own dictator!

> thank you for your words, I know going to install opensuse which does not
> from googling use this stupid messy alternatives rubbish.
>
>
>   

Hey Eddie, don't let the door hit you on the way out! Oh BTW, don't come 
back without eating humble pie after you see this:

http://www.novell.com/products/linuxpackages/opensuse/update-alternatives.html


Some people have to learn how to read. I specifically said other 
distributions also use alternatives. /me rolls eyes.