/etc/alternatives

From: Ryan Golhar (golharam_at_umdnj.edu)
Date: 08/11/04

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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:05:08 -0400

    I installed the java SDK RPM from java.sun.com.

    Recently, however, I noticed that /usr/bin/java, /usr/bin/javac, and
    /usr/bin/jar point to scripts in /etc/alternatives.

    I figured out that these replacements are from libgcj. It doesn't look
    like I can until this other RPM as there are others that depend on it.
    My question is why do they replace a legitimate program (java) with a
    script that doesn't do anything. That just seems to break everything.
    I remove the link so the real java program is picked up correctly. Does
    anyone know what this is for and why its done?

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    The University of Medicine & Dentistry of NJ

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