BUG: alternatives
Gary R. Van Sickle
g.r.vansickle@worldnet.att.net
Sat Nov 5 05:34:00 GMT 2005
More investigation reveals that it's textmode mounts that alternatives
doesn't like, not necessarily (although almost certainly as well as) \r\n
line endings.
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Gary R. Van Sickle
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> Subject: alternatives
>
> This shouldn't be happening, should it?:
>
> $ ls -l /var/lib/alternatives
> total 2
> -rwx------+ 1 GaryV None 103 Jul 4 23:15 automake
> -rwx------+ 1 GaryV None 420 Jul 11 18:07 libpng
>
> $ /usr/sbin/alternatives --config libpng failed to read
> /var/lib/alternatives/libpng: No error
>
> $ /usr/sbin/alternatives --config automake failed to read
> /var/lib/alternatives/automake: No error
>
> This is with snapshot 20051103 21:02:10, but this is the
> first time I've ever tried to use alternatives, so that could
> have nothing to do with anything.
>
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> Gary R. Van Sickle
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