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Federico Di Gregorio

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Nov 14, 2001, 8:28:51 AM11/14/01
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On Wed, 2001-11-14 at 14:18, Tille, Andreas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> shouldn´t *the default python* (tm) not do something like
>
> update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python \
> /usr/bin/python<the-default-python-tm> 10
>
> ?
> I´ve just checked the situation on perl
>
> /usr/bin> ls -l perl perl-5.6 perl5.6.1
> -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 707644 22. Jun 11:04 perl
> -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 707644 22. Jun 11:04 perl-5.6
> -rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 707644 22. Jun 11:04 perl5.6.1
>
> we have three copies of the same binary in /usr/bin. I havn´t dealt
> with those stuff but I would consider this as a bug. At least links
> would be apropriate in my opinion. I´d like to hear some words of
> the experts (well this is not the perl list here, but I found it out
> while checking a python problem which is the main target of my
> question) before I file a bug report.

three copies? seems we have one copy of the same binary under three
names here. unix support hardlinks, remember?

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Tille, Andreas

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Nov 14, 2001, 8:22:02 AM11/14/01
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Hello,

shouldn´t *the default python* (tm) not do something like

update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python python \
/usr/bin/python<the-default-python-tm> 10

?
I´ve just checked the situation on perl

/usr/bin> ls -l perl perl-5.6 perl5.6.1
-rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 707644 22. Jun 11:04 perl
-rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 707644 22. Jun 11:04 perl-5.6
-rwxr-xr-x 3 root root 707644 22. Jun 11:04 perl5.6.1

we have three copies of the same binary in /usr/bin. I havn´t dealt
with those stuff but I would consider this as a bug. At least links
would be apropriate in my opinion. I´d like to hear some words of
the experts (well this is not the perl list here, but I found it out
while checking a python problem which is the main target of my
question) before I file a bug report.

Kind regards

Andreas.


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Tille, Andreas

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Nov 14, 2001, 8:52:55 AM11/14/01
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On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Federico Di Gregorio wrote:

> three copies? seems we have one copy of the same binary under three
> names here. unix support hardlinks, remember?

But are this *really* hardlinks?

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