Yann Dirson wrote:
On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 02:31:12PM +0200, Wolfgang Baer wrote:This is just an idea and I don't know if this is allowed: /usr/bin/jar -> /etc/alternatives/jar /etc/alternatives/jar -> /etc/alternatives/kaffe-system/bin/jar /etc/alternatives/kaffe-system -> /usr/lib/kaffe/{jthreads,pthreads} This would only need 3 dereferences. Is it allowed to link an alternative to another alternative ?
Good idea Wolfgang.
That looks like a good idea. I feared the /etc/alternatives/ directory would be considered internal to the alternatives system (in which case we would have to rely on update-alternative itself to handle the cascading), but since it is in /etc and not in /var, it may be allowed to reference it directly. OTOH it could have made sense to have update-alternative detect it will be pointing to another alternative, and short-circuit one link by itself. Best regards,
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