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Re: update-alternatives
- From: "Buzz" <cygwin-apps dot buzz at bavag dot tmfweb dot nl>
- To: cygwin-apps at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 21:38:50 +0200 (MET DST)
- Subject: Re: update-alternatives
- Organisation: Ehm...
- References: <42B47EC1.3040603@cwilson.fastmail.fm> <20050619211718.9E6F4D546@msc-fe01.qinip.net> <n2m-g.d9842p.3vv11fl.1@buzzy-box.bavag>
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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,
Buzz.
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