Chris Adams wrote: > Once upon a time, Tom Horsley <horsley1...@gmail.com> said: >> On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 12:54:36 -0500 >> Rex Dieter wrote: >> > Ditto. I've been meaning to write a packaging draft to the >> > alternatives guidelines to enforce the idea that packages MUST own >> > their 'alternatives' targets >> >> But how can multiple packages trade ownership of the same file? > > It isn't a file, it is a symlink, and all the packages should have the > same symlink (pointing to /etc/alternatives). I'm pretty sure that rpm > will allow multiple packages to own the same symlink (as long as they > all have the same target). IMHO that would make things even easier to > figure out; "rpm -qf /usr/bin/java" would list all the packages that can > "claim" java.
yup, neat it would be. :) -- rex -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
