What you want is to use the /etc/alternatives directory and update-alternatives.
On 29-Dec-98 Shane Wegner wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hi, > > I am rather new to Debian and am wondering if someone here would be able > to point me in the right direction. So far, when I install a source > package, I Debianize it first. This way I can pull it out again and > install it on other systems. I've come across a package however that has > stumped me. I am trying to install a new and more user friendly version > of the write(1) utility. The trick is that it replaces /usr/bin/write and > /usr/bin/mesg. Also it adds some other programs but those are easy. Now, > when I pull it out, I'd like for the old /usr/bin/write and /usr/bin/mesg > to come back. Does Debian have anything in place to facilitate this and > if so, is there a document which explains how to do it with debhelper? > > - -- > Shane Wegner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel: (604) 930-0530 > Sysadmin, Continuum Systems: http://www.cm.nu > Personal website: http://www.cm.nu/~shane > Celine Dion Fan site: http://www.celine.nu/ > PGP key: http://www.cm.nu/~shane/pgp.txt > ICQ UIN: 15706546 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: 2.6.3a > Charset: noconv > > iQEVAwUBNohmYlzLgRKaVg+xAQFm7QgAwGu9D7g6s8/9EId7DIz2s4NXBc9Ylgio > vL5zg1Dk7U83h+Hvjb4Zi0iWbO9LWsnZ5rIfmdmf0mwI3DLwfxnK3S9Ai9/qaAr5 > 1WXZgelsP/eE86YphWvnkygUb4CZHk2xKrIvsrcY2oMZNiTDdQ3Y562IL5FJRGMt > hejwW10o4NFEkXgx1Oa8q5KKGwMOydwa6/0h1A5CkQIEaBzvIoxsNhHXhinh8kc0 > /CEiqa+FveHXy2m6QG1fTtQk5hGAmrdSxnsR4HzSFb8pXiP2M4ZhwQTedRC3gKXs > Fzr/FS4i+BfLEAzwBlBHG4HwTI4ToEkTytQrT+PwAIzV/9nUPlGARA== > =qlsz > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
