https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1221361 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1221361#c5 --- Comment #5 from Peter Keller <pkeller@globalphasing.com> --- Tom Christiansen's classic document "Csh Programming Considered Harmful" explains that this cannot be done in Csh at all. You need to invoke the Bourne Shell something like: set ALTERNATIVES_JAVAC_LINK=`/bin/sh -c 'realpath /etc/alternatives/javac 2>/dev/null'` -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.