No. This should not be done. Relying on an alternative for a build makes problems much harder to debug, if you first have to find out which alternative is actually used, and which alternative is used for the build.
I am fine with improving user experience, but the change in the proposed form will obfuscate the build process. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/687263 Title: "/usr/lib/jvm/default-java" not changed by "sudo update-alternatives --config java" -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
