[Holger Levsen] > why not use update-alternatives? AIUI packages should use that, > while dpkg- divert is more for local admins.
Just for the record, dpkg-divert is not just for local admins. But is update-alternatives really an alternative here? It can only be used by cooperating packages, where all of them agree to use update-alternatives. If the package with the file in question do not use update-alternatives, none of the other packages can use it either. While dpkg-divert can be used by non-cooperating packages. > We need priorities (so we get deterministic behavious) and so that > if you install the joy+lines-spacefun packages, lines becomes the > default. And then there must be a manual way to select another > theme. How is the Debian artwork packages picking gdm3 background? Can't we use the same mechanism? -- Happy hacking Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
