On Wed, Jan 11, 2006 at 11:51:43PM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (11/01/06 21:01), mess-mate wrote: > > Clive Menzies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've come in late on this but have you looked at /etc/alternatives > > you symlink the line: > | www-browser to something link > > /usr/bin/mozilla-firefox > > | > > I did :( /usr/bin/mozilla is a link to /etc/alternatives/mozilla > > I may be wrong but this wouldn't do it. You need to link your > preferred browser to www-browser > > www-browser -> /usr/bin/mozilla
Of course, this works, but it is not LHS-compatible, and so Debian will not do it automatically. Rather, the Debian convention (which update-alternatives enforces) is to link /usr/bin/www-browser to /etc/alternatives/www-browser always. /etc/alternatives/www-browser is another symbolic link, which the administrator can point to mozilla, or whatever. (This can and should be done through update-alternatives(8) rather than manually). The point is that to change the target of www-browser does not require the administrator to touch /usr, which is not meant to contain configuration and which the administrator should not change except in /usr/local. Note that changes to /usr will not be preserved through upgrades, except when they are done through the debian system (dpkg-divert, dpkg-statoverride). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
