** "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