ITP: alternatives

[Corinna Vinschen]

On Jun 26 19:51, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Charles Wilson wrote:
> >As discussed in this thread:
> >http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2005-06/msg00066.html
> >
> >ftp://cygutils.fruitbat.org/pub/cygutils/alternatives-1.3.20a-1-src.tar.bz2
> >ftp://cygutils.fruitbat.org/pub/cygutils/alternatives-1.3.20a-1.tar.bz2
> >ftp://cygutils.fruitbat.org/pub/cygutils/alternatives.hint
> >
> >hint text
> >--------------------------
> >category: Base
> >sdesc: "A tool for managing package conflicts"
> >ldesc: "The alternatives provides mechanisms for maintaining a
> >database of, and managing, other packages which might be in conflict
> >with each other. The end user can easily switch between the desired
> >versions."
> >requires: libintl3 libiconv2
> >
> 
> FWIW, I modified all of the automake1.X packages to use 
> update-alternatives in their postinstall/preremove scripts instead of 
> the existing homegrown shell code.  Works like a charm.
> 
> Can I get a GTG from somebody (I know, it's the weekend...)? -- I think 
> that's all I need as Debian includes this in its distro.

Looks good.  Uploaded.


Corinna

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