On Sat, 11 Sep 2004, Stuart Sears wrote: > On Saturday 11 September 2004 13:59, Daniel Rubin wrote: > > OK, I find the link below helpful for explaining the alternatives > > mechanism, but I don't know how to configure alternatives to recognize the > > sun java rpm that I installed that put the binary in /usr/java/j2sdk... I > > think I'm suppoed to use the /usr/sbin/alternatives command rather than > > manually changing symlinks in /etc/alternatives. Any help would be > > appreciated. Thanks, > > Daniel > Daniel, please don't top-post to this list. Having to jump to the bottom to > find out which link you are referring to is awkward, and when posts get > longer really interrupts the flow of the 'conversation' > > this is what sendmail does on install: > 1) set up the master links name with a priority - (highest is preferred) > - so you would do this for java, instead of mta > 2) set up the slave links as well, so any other apps that come with a > particular java version have the correct links pointing to them when the > master link is altered - man pages and the like. > 3) say which inititalisation script controls the service (ie what should it > start / stop once the links have been changed.) > > output of rpm -q --scripts sendmail (edited for line breaks/relevance): > > /usr/sbin/alternatives \ > --install /usr/sbin/sendmail \ mta /usr/sbin/sendmail.sendmail 90 \ > --slave /usr/bin/mailq mta-mailq /usr/bin/mailq.sendmail \ > --slave /usr/bin/newaliases mta-newaliases \ > /usr/bin/newaliases.sendmail \ > --slave /usr/bin/rmail mta-rmail \ > /usr/bin/rmail.sendmail \ > --slave /usr/lib/sendmail mta-sendmail \ > /usr/lib/sendmail.sendmail \ > --slave /etc/pam.d/smtp mta-pam \ > /etc/pam.d/smtp.sendmail \ > --slave /usr/share/man/man8/sendmail.8.gz mta-sendmailman \ > /usr/share/man/man8/sendmail.sendmail.8.gz \ > --slave /usr/share/man/man1/mailq.1.gz mta-mailqman \ > /usr/share/man/man1/mailq.sendmail.1.gz \ > --slave /usr/share/man/man1/newaliases.1.gz mta-newaliasesman \ > /usr/share/man/man1/newaliases.sendmail.1.gz \ > --slave /usr/share/man/man5/aliases.5.gz mta-aliasesman \ > /usr/share/man/man5/aliases.sendmail.5.gz \ > --initscript sendmail > > any help? > Um...Stuart....look at the subject. You responded to the wrong thread. This one is dealing with getting Java to work with the new "alternatives" system, not sendmail. Ben -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
