----- Original Message -----
> From: Bjartur Thorlacius
> Bind mount or symlink. Do not construct pathnames from environment variables.
> mount -o bind /usr/bin/vim /bin/editor
> In fact, the /etc/alternatives mess of Debian would be acceptable, if it were
> not for the symlinks from /usr/bin to /etc/alternatives. They're forced to
> do that, however, because of the way $PATH works.
>
> In this regard, Plan 9 sucks less than Unix.
> ---,Bjartur
>
/etc/alternatives is nothing but a sloppy annoyance to me. Otherwise I'm
mostly happy with Debian.
I try to avoid using the /usr/bin symlinks, and instead override them (when
possible) with my own symlinks in /usr/local/bin or $HOME/bin...or change
environment variables to point to specific applications rather than to symlinks.
