Bug#636147: editorrc as update-alternatives slave

2011-08-03 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Raphael Hertzog dixit: >Yes you can. Thanks! >(But it's a bit weird that those editors do not use their canonical name >to find their configuration file and instead rely on argv[0]...) The idea is: you get one binary, /usr/bin/joe in the joe package (similar for jupp), and some symlinks /usr/b

Bug#636147: editorrc as update-alternatives slave

2011-08-03 Thread Raphael Hertzog
Hello, On Wed, 03 Aug 2011, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Could we add /var/lib/misc/editorrc (the new agreed-on > path for editorrc shared across jupp and joe) as slave > to update-alternatives for editor? Yes you can. (But it's a bit weird that those editors do not use their canonical name to find

Bug#636147: editorrc as update-alternatives slave

2011-08-03 Thread Thorsten Glaser
Dear dpkg developers, something came up with update-alternatives, and we would like to ask you about whether this can possibly work. Context: Dixi quod… >Josip Rodin dixit: >>We would want editorrc to depend on editor in some way, since that is indeed >>logical, but IIRC you can't just invent n