/etc/alternatives feedback for presentation

moin moin, I'm giving a presentation on /etc/alternatives in a few hours. If you use the alternatives system a lot and would like to spend a few minutes reviewing my talk for me, please see the links below. Any use cases or cool functionality that I've missed? Anything I've gotten completely w

Re: /etc/alternatives feedback for presentation

On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 08:08:00PM +, der.hans wrote: > moin moin, > > I'm giving a presentation on /etc/alternatives in a few hours. > > If you use the alternatives system a lot and would like to spend a few > minutes reviewing my talk for me, please see the links below. > > Any use cases o

Re: /etc/alternatives feedback for presentation

https://www.mycause.com.au/page/183259/a-smile-will-change-a-day-love-that-changed-my-world From: Ryan Nowakowski Sent: Sunday, 12 August 2018 8:28 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: /etc/alternatives feedback for presentation On Thu, Aug 09, 2018

Re: /etc/alternatives feedback for presentation

On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 05:28:37PM -0500, Ryan Nowakowski wrote: > For example if I set the EDITOR env var how does > that interact with update-alternatives when I run visudo? The VISUAL or EDITOR variable takes precedence, if one of them is set. If neither one is set, then visudo uses its compile

Re: /etc/alternatives feedback for presentation

On Mon 13 Aug 2018 at 09:08:28 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 05:28:37PM -0500, Ryan Nowakowski wrote: > > For example if I set the EDITOR env var how does > > that interact with update-alternatives when I run visudo? > > The VISUAL or EDITOR variable takes precedence, if

Re: /etc/alternatives feedback for presentation

On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 10:31:02AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 13 Aug 2018 at 09:08:28 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > > The other alternatives are: > > > > 1) Stay on stretch. > > 2) Edit /etc/login.defs to restore a functional su command (without needing > >to use "su -"). > > 3) Put

Re: /etc/alternatives feedback for presentation

Am 11. Aug, 2018 schwätzte Ryan Nowakowski so: moin moin Ryan, On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 08:08:00PM +, der.hans wrote: moin moin, I'm giving a presentation on /etc/alternatives in a few hours. If you use the alternatives system a lot and would like to spend a few minutes reviewing my talk

Re: /etc/alternatives feedback for presentation

Am 13. Aug, 2018 schwätzte Greg Wooledge so: moin moin, On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 05:28:37PM -0500, Ryan Nowakowski wrote: For example if I set the EDITOR env var how does that interact with update-alternatives when I run visudo? The VISUAL or EDITOR variable takes precedence, if one of them i

Re: /etc/alternatives feedback for presentation

On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 02:26:19AM +, der.hans wrote: > Am 13. Aug, 2018 schwätzte Greg Wooledge so: > > But, wait! Debian has decided to CHANGE HOW SU WORKS in testing, so > > after stretch, who knows how things will work?! > > I didn't realize su is changing. What's the change?