emacs and /etc/alternatives

[Matthew Miller]

On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 01:40:23PM -0500, Chip Coldwell wrote:
> Let me clarify this -- /usr/bin/emacs must be either a symlink or a
> wrapper script unless the emacs and emacs-nox packages conflict.
> Given that, it seems to me like /etc/alternatives is the preferred
> solution -- at least it's a standard way to set up a symlink.  It is
> definitely the right thing to do on Debian systems.

I don't think it's preferred at all, and particularly not in this case. This
isn't a matter of chosing between two equivalent options -- it's just trying
to address the linked-with-GNOME thing. So it seems like the right thing to
do is use a simple script that runs the big version if it's installed, and
falls back to the svelte one otherwise.

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