-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Joe Hart wrote: > Celejar wrote: > [snip]
>>> Since the activities of update-alternatives are quite involved, some >>> specific terms will help to explain its operation. > > That may be true for some things, but IMO, not for everything. > > Earlier today I was helping someone install GNU/Linux to replace their > Windows XP, and they needed the latest java (1.6.0) and it wasn't > available as a package (that I could find), so rather than wiping out > the java that was installed on the system (I had previously installed > sun-java6-jre), I simply downloaded the jre from sun and installed it to > /usr/local/bin, then changed the symlink /etc/alternatives/java to point > to it. > > I figured that way, if the java package ever updates, it will fix that > link and use the updated version. Perhaps I went about it the wrong > way, but it worked. I don't really know if apt will overwrite my link > or not when the time comes. I guess time will tell. She'll come > running to me when it breaks. I'm replying to my own message. After reading the man page for update-alternatives, I can understand the reason for it. > > I'm still a bit new to Debian, so I don't always do things the > "recommended" way. I am learning. Thanks for pointing me to the man. Like I said, I'm still learning. > Celejar, let me ask you this, is it better to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf by > hand to implement necessary changes or should one use dpkg-reconfigure > xserver-xorg exclusively to build that file? > > What is the point of having all info stored in plain text files if one > is supposed to only use tools to edit them? They might as well be > binary. Or is it perhaps so other tools can easily read them? I still would like to hear your answer (or anyone else's opinion) to this however. Joe - -- Registerd Linux user #443289 at http://counter.li.org/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFF+waViXBCVWpc5J4RAmRkAKC9Y6oVvzIMpYcZkM5y6LszyxJ2eQCdFk9H zqM/YHu96htUDtsO/etusk8= =JuvZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
