Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:08:52 -0700 From: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> To: Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net> Cc: Adrian Chadd <adrian@freebsd.org>, Oleg Moskalenko <oleg.moskalenko@citrix.com>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Jonathan Anderson <jonathan.anderson@cl.cam.ac.uk>, Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@freebsd.org>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CFT: new BSD-licensed sort available Message-ID: <4F640E54.1040401@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4F63ED21.60302@vangyzen.net> References: <4F60C059.7060904@FreeBSD.org> <CAJ-VmokUV8t3W4CueZuiZC7e=FuVtFu1jq54V_NpRc79-3QG=w@mail.gmail.com> <ACA5E377-BFF9-4C1D-8499-A8003FFE79B3@cl.cam.ac.uk> <4F63E809.1080606@FreeBSD.org> <4F63ED21.60302@vangyzen.net>
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On 03/16/2012 18:47, Eric van Gyzen wrote: > 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. If that's the *only* reason then it seems to me that it would be better solved by being able to express that in a config file in /usr/local/etc which the alternate-updater script takes into account. But I need to install debian for other reasons anyway, so I'll look at this in more detail. Thanks. -- This .signature sanitized for your protection
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