* Stephan Kulow
Hi,
Please take more care about update-alternatives usage. There is only one correct usage and that's documented at http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Packaging_Multiple_Version_guidelines
I declined several requests lately that I just happen to spot. Most important is that files in %bindir are *not* ghosts, they are *always* binaries or fixed links to /etc/alternatives/*
The links in /etc/alternatives/ in return are handled by update-alternatives and as such are %ghosts. One pitfall to consider: pre-13.1
As are the symlinks in %bindir etc., each time update-alternatives is called these are overwritten. So it is at least a common practice to create commands/manpages etc. that are managed by update-alternatives as empty dummy files (in order to avoid stale symlinks) which are %ghost'ed and overwritten at installation time by update-alternatives when called by %post scriptlets. This is also the approach taken by RH/Fedora*. What's the reason to do this differently now? [*] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/PackagingDrafts/UsingAlternatives -- Guido Berhoerster -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+owner@opensuse.org