Anno domini 2022 Sun, 27 Feb 12:00:21 -0800 William Morder via tde-users scripsit: > > On Sunday 27 February 2022 11:48:03 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: > > Anno domini 2022 Sun, 27 Feb 11:24:29 -0800 > > > > William Morder via tde-users scripsit: > > > [...] > > > When I put things back to how they were before (because I have all the > > > saved packages, and lists of what I installed when), I am able to > > > reproduce what I did. When I reinstall, and try to put the system back to > > > how it was before, this same problem occurs. It doesn't matter that I > > > tried to put it back the same as before. > > > > There might be a gotcha: look into /etc/alternatives - these do not get > > rebuild to the same links that you might expect. GNOMEs just started to > > place "xdg-open" as alternative to "open" in there (including the manpage) > > and it looks like the last package installed wins. > > > > Nik > > But wouldn't /etc/* (thus also everything inside it) get overwritten in a > fresh installation? If so, why does it persist? When I try to go back to > whatever installs by default, I still have this problem. It would. But the "alternatives" system imposed by deian does not work as the package system. In packages you cannot have 2 or more binaries of the same name in the same place and a random procedure decides what binary you want to use. The "alternatives" does exactly this: by some random order one of several binaries that are supposed to do the same thing are linked to /etc/alternatives". What could possibly go wrong with that? Just try "man open": When you have xdg-utils installed, it giver the manpage of "xdg-open". When you have xdg-utils not installed, it gives the manpage of "open". How cool is that! Nik > > I do try to follow the rules, but I get the same results either way when it > comes to these browsers not starting, etc. > > Bill > ____________________________________________________ > tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing with the NSA, CIA ... ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
