So in a previous thread about java installs, I became more aware of /usr/sbin/alternatives and the links in /etc/alternatives. In an effort to not get lost in that thread (and mostly because it's a seperate topic and may help others when searching the list) I decided to posit my question directly. Rather than hack like a caveman at my installs of java and other things that fit into the alternatives framwork, I've been reading the man pages and googling, but sometimes I need things spelled out using crayons and small words. If someone has some documentation or insight about using the alternatives framework, including the --slaves options, I would be immensely appreciative. -- Jim Perrin System Administrator - UIT Ft Gordon & US Army Signal Center
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2005-Aug-08 12:47 UTC
[CentOS] proper use of alternatives framework
On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 14:18 -0400, Jim Perrin wrote:> So in a previous thread about java installs, I became more aware of > /usr/sbin/alternatives and the links in /etc/alternatives. In an > effort to not get lost in that thread (and mostly because it's a > seperate topic and may help others when searching the list) I decided > to posit my question directly. Rather than hack like a caveman at my > installs of java and other things that fit into the alternatives > framwork, I've been reading the man pages and googling, but > sometimes I need things spelled out using crayons and small words. If > someone has some documentation or insight about using the alternatives > framework, including the --slaves options, I would be immensely > appreciative.http://fedora.ivazquez.net/files/fixjava.sh -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez at ivazquez.net> http://centos.ivazquez.net/ gpg --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net --recv-key 38028b72 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20050808/67bde9b8/attachment-0002.sig>