Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:47:13 -0500 From: Eric van Gyzen <eric@vangyzen.net> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> 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: <4F63ED21.60302@vangyzen.net> In-Reply-To: <4F63E809.1080606@FreeBSD.org> 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>
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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. I agree, it does sound like a good solution. As simple as possible, but no less. ;) Eric
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