* Re: /etc/alternatives was RE: [Re: GCC 4 installation problem]
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@ 2009-03-26 20:24 ` John Gogolin
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From: John Gogolin @ 2009-03-26 20:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Michael Hennebry wrote:
> Eschew obfuscation.
bless you
>
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Phil Betts wrote:
>> For the second problem, perhaps it would also help if the names of the
>> links in the alternatives directory were a hash of the program name.
>> E.g.
>> /usr/bin/gs -> /etc/alternatives/9ad6a289eea9c92be09d3a5a8bc737e6
>> /etc/alternatives/9ad6a289eea9c92be09d3a5a8bc737e6 -> /usr/bin/gs-x11
>> where 9ad6a289eea9c92be09d3a5a8bc737e6 is the md5sum of "/usr/bin/gs".
>> This would make it much more obvious that the links were managed, or
>> at least give one pause for thought before diving in.
>
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