** "Carl" == Carl Mummert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Carl> With the alternatives sytstem, there are two links per
Carl> executable: /usr/bin/executable -> /etc/alternatives/executable
Carl> -> /real/executable
Carl> Apparently, the develoepr of update-alternatives calls the link
Carl> in the middle a 'slave symlink'
No. If "executable" from above also has a manpage, then it has to be
handled syncronously to the executable. So when a
/etc/alternatives/executable is set to another programm, the man page
link (the slave) has to be updated in the same way as the executable
(the master ).
Ciao,
Martin
