tags 77828 - patch tags 77828 + wontfix thanks On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Martin Quinson wrote: > Here is an (unified) patch against update-alternatives.pl as found today in > the CVS. Its purpose is to allow the users to manage an "alternative" system > on their account.
I'm not really inclined to support such a feature. I have yet to see a valid use case. When the user wants to override a system-wide setting, there are already dozens of solutions going from using some environment variable to changing the PATH so that ~/bin/ is looked first. And ~/bin/ can contain symlinks corresponding to the various name of alternatives and have them point to their program of choice. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
