Donn Washburn wrote:
Hey Group;
Why is there /etc/alternatives? Shades of Debian!
Why is /usr/bin/java linked to /etc/alternatives/java which linked to /usr/bin/java-#. Why not /usr/bin/java linked /usr/bin/usr/bin/java-#
Why is /usr/lib/jvm/files linked to /etc/alternatives/files which is linked to /usr/lib/jvm/files. A loop.
Why complicate a previously very simple straight forward system?
/etc/UlternativeUniverse would be more appropriate, it looks like a hotpotch done by a drunken guy just for a Friday night laugh. Just maybe it's been done this way to complicate matters if you upgrade using Java from Sun or something done by trial and error to get some applications to work. I have had to rip it out and install jdk1.5.0_04 from Sun, symlink it to /usr/lib/java and also to /etc/alternatives, just to minimise the effort, it still leaves a potential mess, but so far so good. barrabas:/ftp/jul05/skype.dbus # l /usr/lib/jvm total 78 drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 352 2005-06-24 20:35 ./ drwxr-xr-x 218 root root 80288 2005-07-24 11:33 ../ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 2005-05-02 15:11 java -> /etc/alternatives/java_sdk lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 2005-05-02 15:11 java-1.4.2 -> /etc/alternatives/java_sdk_1.4.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 2005-06-24 20:35 java-1.4.2-sun -> java-1.4.2-sun-1.4.2.08/ drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 72 2005-06-24 20:36 java-1.4.2-sun-1.4.2.06/ drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 168 2005-06-24 20:35 java-1.4.2-sun-1.4.2.08/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 2005-05-02 15:11 java-sun -> /etc/alternatives/java_sdk_sun lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 2005-05-02 15:06 jre -> /etc/alternatives/jre/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2005-05-02 15:06 jre-1.4.2 -> /etc/alternatives/jre_1.4.2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 2005-06-24 20:34 jre-1.4.2-sun -> java-1.4.2-sun-1.4.2.08/jre/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 2005-05-02 15:06 jre-sun -> /etc/alternatives/jre_sun Broken links and all....., gross and untidy ...Yeuk! Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM Mainframes and Sun Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks