** "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

Reply via email to