emacs and /etc/alternatives

[Matthew Miller]

On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 01:43:26PM -0500, Chip Coldwell wrote:
> > I thought alternatives had a priority mechanism where the highest
> > priority link is used.  emacs-x could be made higher priority than
> > emacs-nox and would be used if it is installed.
> You're right.  So that's an argument in favor of using the
> /etc/alternatives stuff.

What's the advantage, though? Increased complexity in and of itself is not a
goal now, is it? :)

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