On Thursday, December 26, 2002 5:44 AM [GMT+0530=IST],
lists@??? (Tim Jackson) wrote:
> 'Alternatives'? Do you mean the Red Hat 8 /etc/alternatives stuff? I
It is there since RH 7.3 - and MDK 9 at least has it. Seems to be a
borrow from Debian.
> spec modified to support it though, so please let us know if you
> create one. And if you are working on one, I'd be happy to give it a
> go on an 8.0 non-production machine I've got.
I wouldn't want to run three or four MTAs on a single production box,
which is the primary reason for wanting /etc/alternatives - to give you
a choice of stuff like editors (or whatever) by just flipping a set of
symlinks.
This requirement is because I'm writing some stuff that involves me
flipping between lots of MTAs, and testing them / writing about them.
srs
