Bug#77828: dpkg: [PATCH]: users should be able to use update-alternatives (not only root)

[Raphael Hertzog-3]

tags 77828 - patch
tags 77828 + wontfix
thanks

On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Martin Quinson wrote:
> Here is an (unified) patch against update-alternatives.pl as found today in
> the CVS. Its purpose is to allow the users to manage an "alternative" system
> on their account.

I'm not really inclined to support such a feature. I have yet to see a
valid use case.

When the user wants to override a system-wide setting, there are already
dozens of solutions going from using some environment variable to
changing the PATH so that ~/bin/ is looked first. And ~/bin/ can contain
symlinks corresponding to the various name of alternatives and have them
point to their program of choice.

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> tags 77828 - patch
Bug#77828: [U-A] users should be able to use u-a (not only root)
Tags were: patch
Bug#79292: [U-A] update-alternatives: user alternatives
Bug#79941: [U-A] gnome-session: gnome-wm calls x-window-manager with full path
Tags removed: patch

> tags 77828 + wontfix
Bug#77828: [U-A] users should be able to use u-a (not only root)
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Bug#79292: [U-A] update-alternatives: user alternatives
Bug#79941: [U-A] gnome-session: gnome-wm calls x-window-manager with full path
Tags added: wontfix

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[Michelle Konzack-2]

Hallo Raphael and *,

Am 2008-07-06 17:49:25, schrieb Raphael Hertzog:

> tags 77828 - patch
> tags 77828 + wontfix
> thanks
>
> On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Martin Quinson wrote:
> > Here is an (unified) patch against update-alternatives.pl as found today in
> > the CVS. Its purpose is to allow the users to manage an "alternative" system
> > on their account.
>
> I'm not really inclined to support such a feature. I have yet to see a
> valid use case.
>
> When the user wants to override a system-wide setting, there are already
> dozens of solutions going from using some environment variable to
> changing the PATH so that ~/bin/ is looked first. And ~/bin/ can contain
> symlinks corresponding to the various name of alternatives and have them
> point to their program of choice.

I would support this whishlist bug since update-alternatives.pl  support
already an infrastructure and yes, ~/bin should be used.  I have written
for some time an tool which is based on "update-alternatives"

Not sure for now (no fsck Web-Access currently), but AFAIK I have it  as
Debian Package on my website and use (X)dialog  which  can  easyly  used
under the X-Window-System.

I have writen it, because there are "noobs" which are USER-ONLY and have
no clue about system configuration.  So my Xdialog Tool has helped  many
peoples already, even it is very simple coded.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
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