Edwin Olson <eolson@xxxxxxx> 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? Why > should "alternatives" override your path? > > The notion of having an "editor" symlink which points to vim/emacs > seems okay at first, but in practice, who's not going to just type > 'emacs'? Or get terminally confused when <TypeSomeFunkyCommandHere> does something completely unexpected... this really makes very little sense. But for selecting the right lpr, or sendmail, or... from a collection of alternatives that might be installed side by side it does make sense. Sure, for just one it would be OK to tweak the PATH, but for a half dozen alternates it gets very messy. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513 -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list