On 03/16/2012 08:25 PM, Doug Barton wrote:
On 03/14/2012 15:14, Jonathan Anderson wrote:
In fact, the runtime behaviour of the Debian "alternatives" system is simpler
than that:
http://segfault.in/2010/04/using-the-debian-alternatives-system/
[...]
This sounds like a good solution to more than one problem. Does anyone
know why they indirect through 2 sets of symlinks? That article doesn't
touch on the "why?" only the what.
Do you mean, why do they do
/usr/bin/vim -> /etc/alternatives/vim -> /usr/bin/vim.gtk
instead of
/usr/bin/vim -> /usr/bin/vim.gtk
?
Someone's choice of a vi-like editor would be considered configuration,
so it belongs in /etc.
I agree, it does sound like a good solution. As simple as possible, but
no less. ;)
Eric
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