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and subject line Re: Bug#77828: dpkg: [PATCH]: users should be able to use
update-alternatives (not only root)
has caused the Debian Bug report #77828,
regarding u-a: Users should be able to use u-a (not only root)
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Package: gnome-session
Version: 1.2.4-4
Severity: normal
In bug #79776, I asked you to use x-window-manager as the default window
manager. I deliberately did not use the full path, as this allows a user to
override the system wide default by placing a symlink to their desired
window manager in ~/bin, and adding ~/bin to the start of their PATH.
Please use `which x-window-manager` to determine if the alternative exists.
Of course, if gnome-session had a dependancy on x-window-manager then the
test would be much less likely to fail.
Similar arguments apply to the use of x-terminal-emulator with a full path.
-- System Information
Debian Release: woody
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux arthur 2.2.18pre21 #1 Sat Nov 18 18:47:15 EST 2000 i586
Versions of packages gnome-session depends on:
ii debianutils 1.14 Miscellaneous utilities specific t
ii gdk-imlib1 1.9.8.1-1 Gdk-Imlib is an imaging library fo
ii gnome-core 1.2.4-4 Common files for Gnome core apps
ii gnome-panel 1.2.4-4 Launch and/or dock Gnome applicati
ii libart2 1.2.8-3 The Gnome canvas widget
ii libaudiofile0 0.1.9-0.1 The Audiofile Library
ii libc6 2.2-5 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libdb2 2:2.7.7-2.2 The Berkeley database routines (ru
ii libesd0 0.2.22-2 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libglib1.2 1.2.8-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome32 1.2.8-3 The Gnome libraries
ii libgnomesupport0 1.2.8-3 The Gnome libraries (Support libra
ii libgnomeui32 1.2.8-3 The Gnome libraries (User Interfac
ii libgtk1.2 1.2.8-1 The GIMP Toolkit set of widgets fo
ii libwrap0 7.6-5 Wietse Venema's TCP wrappers libra
hi xlibs 4.0.1-12 X Window System client libraries
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Hi!
On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 17:49:25 +0200, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> tags 77828 - patch
> tags 77828 + wontfix
> thanks
> On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Martin Quinson wrote:
> > Here is an (unified) patch against update-alternatives.pl as found today in
> > the CVS. Its purpose is to allow the users to manage an "alternative" system
> > on their account.
>
> I'm not really inclined to support such a feature. I have yet to see a
> valid use case.
>
> When the user wants to override a system-wide setting, there are already
> dozens of solutions going from using some environment variable to
> changing the PATH so that ~/bin/ is looked first. And ~/bin/ can contain
> symlinks corresponding to the various name of alternatives and have them
> point to their program of choice.
I do agree. As I see no point in keeping this around, I'll be closing
this request now. If this happens to be requested again then I guess
I'll create a FAQ entry.
Thanks,
Guillem
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