On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 03:08:11PM +1000, Russell Shaw wrote: > The other way is the debian alternatives system. You can have multiple > versions of a tool, such as gcc-2.95.4, gcc-3.3, etc, but one gets called > by the generic name of "gcc". > > man update-alternatives > > rm /usr/bin/python > rm /usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz > > ln -s /etc/alternatives/pythonbin /usr/bin/python > ln -s /etc/alternatives/pythonman.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz > > update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python pythonbin /usr/bin/python2.2 > 20 \ > --slave /usr/share/man/man1/python.1.gz pythonman.1.gz > /usr/share/man/man1/python2.2.1.gz
That won't be preserved across package upgrades. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]