-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 07:26:37PM +0800, Wei Chen wrote: >> We now have system level `update-alternatives' mechanism that can be >> used by root to maintain symbol links in `/etc/alternatives'. Is it >> useful/interesting to extend its use to user level, i.e. to maintain >> similar symbol links in `~/bin' or something like `~/bin/alternatives'? >> Or does that already exist? I personally think it can be useful, because >> I currently do that manually. > > Just set aliases in your .bash_aliases file. >
That is not always convenient. I want to switch between gcj's VM and compiler and sun's for one account. The names of the executables are the same, i.e. `java' and `javac'. - -- Cheers, Wei Chen http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGKahNCIqXQV6BF28RAtRhAKDWfI/rDGCltOwRohA1CMlChlvK7wCeMiZN ZyPGO5stIcNPWa8Kn127TE8= =/x8n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
