Edwin Olson wrote: > Fedora has shipped "alternatives" for a while now, but I still don't get > it. > > Why is "alternatives" better than setting your PATH appropriately? There are cases where "alternatives" are appropriate (with no better implementation alternative), and there are cases were alternatives is not appropriate. Using alternatives soley to avoid augmenting $PATH is not. jpackage's use of alternatives is imo appropriate, since it does a lot more than what can be accomplished via setting PATH. -- Rex -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list