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Re: update-alternatives


Op Tue, 21 Jun 2005 04:39:43 +0200 (MET DST) schreef ik
in <n2m-g.d9842p.3vv11fl.1@buzzy-box.bavag>:
:  Op Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:17:13 -0500 schreef Gary R. Van Sickle
:  in <20050619211718.9E6F4D546@msc-fe01.qinip.net>:
[...]
::  Suppose instead of the current shortcut hybrid scheme, and also instead of
::  copying the executables, and also instead of using NT-only hardlinks (which
::  IIUC aren't Unixoid enough to be "drop-ins" anyway), "Somebody" wrote a
::  "symlink.exe" executable that worked sort of like this:
:
: I happen to have a program I call ``wrap''...
[...]
:  It (my ``wrap'') uses files in "/etc/wrap/" + basename(argv[0]).
[...]
:  My current wrap.exe is 4096 bytes, after stripping.
:
::    - See that it was executed with the name "/bin/ls.exe"
::    - Look up "/bin/ls.exe" in the database to find which real executable it
::  should run.
:
: The name of the executable to execute is read from /etc/wrap/ls.
[...]
:  My ``wrap'' uses execvp()...
[...]
:  If there is interest in this, I'll happily ``ITP'' it...
:  Just let me know.

Well? What's up? Anybody there?

Do I need to provide more info?


L8r,

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