Hi Leslie, I agree and I have a memory of Mark Hessling working on this. If we want this, someone should pick it up. However, it seems well possible to run more implementations; most of my machines have at least brexx, oorexx and regina, I never ‘install’ but I source scripts that set path etc; but I agree that for most users this would be an asset.
René. > On 22 Jun 2022, at 18:18, J Leslie Turriff <jlturr...@mail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > In the readme.pdf file in ooRexx V5, I see > > | 3.5. Open Object Rexx and Other Rexx Interpreters > | > | If you have other Rexx interpreters installed, you may have to set the PATH > manually > because Open Object Rexx and the other Rexx interpreters may both use the > name "rexx" for > invoking the interpreter. > | Interpreter error messages that begin with "Rexx: " indicate that another > Rexx > interpreter was called instead of Open Object Rexx. You can verify which Rexx > interpreter > is running either by the form of the error messages, by running rexxtry and > executing SAY > VERSION, or by invoking rexx -v, which then should display information about > the Rexx > interpreter that is invoked. If no information is displayed, it is not Open > Object Rexx. > If you don't want the other Rexx interpreter to be invoked, you should remove > it from the > PATH, delete it, or rename the rexx binary in the /usr/bin directory to orx > and use orx > to invoke the interpreter. > > In (most?) Linux distros there is another, more flexible mechanism for > handling this > issue: a package called 'update-alternatives', which allows one to install > multiple > packages, either different releases or from different vendors, set one as the > default, > and switch from one to another whenever desired. 'update-alternatives' can > be invoked by > the package manager via a post-processing script. > It seems to me that 'update-alternatives' provides a better method for > managing multiple > packages than those described in readme.pdf. > > For example, I have multiple Java versions installed. > 'update-alternatives' shows > | ~ > | $ update-alternatives --config java > | There are 2 choices for the alternative java (providing /usr/bin/java). > | > | Selection Path Priority Status > | ------------------------------------------------------------ > | * 0 /usr/java/jdk-18/bin/java 180000000 auto mode > | 1 /usr/java/jdk-18/bin/java 180000000 manual > mode > | 2 /usr/lib64/jvm/jre-11-openjdk/bin/java 2105 manual > mode > | > | Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: > | @11:14:45,leslie@pinto rc=0 > > On my system it is provided by: > | ~ > | $ rpm -q update-alternatives -i > | Name : update-alternatives > | Version : 1.19.0.4 > | Release : 4.3.1 > | Architecture: x86_64 > | Install Date: Sat 11 Jun 2022 02:29:09 AM CDT > | Group : System/Management > | Size : 71350 > | License : GPL-2.0+ > | Signature : RSA/SHA256, Tue 15 Feb 2022 05:48:59 PM CST, Key ID > 70af9e8139db7c82 > | Source RPM : update-alternatives-1.19.0.4-4.3.1.src.rpm > | Build Date : Tue 15 Feb 2022 05:48:28 PM CST > | Build Host : sheep26 > | Relocations : (not relocatable) > | Packager : https://www.suse.com/ > | Vendor : SUSE LLC <https://www.suse.com/> > | URL : http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/d/dpkg/ > | Summary : Maintain symbolic links determining default commands > | Description : > | update-alternatives creates, removes, maintains and displays > | information about the symbolic links comprising the alternatives > | system. It is possible for several programs fulfilling the same or > | similar functions to be installed on a single system at the same time. > | For example, many systems have several text editors installed at once. > | This gives choice to the users of a system, allowing each to use a > | different editor, if desired, but makes it difficult for a program to > | make a good choice of editor to invoke if the user has not specified a > | particular preference. > | Distribution: SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 > | @11:08:03,leslie@pinto rc=0 > > Leslie > -- > Platform: Linux > Distribution: openSUSE Leap 15.4 x86_64 > Open Object Rexx Version 5.0.0 r12286 > Build date: Aug 12 2021 > Addressing mode: 64 > > > _______________________________________________ > Oorexx-devel mailing list > Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list Oorexx-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
