ITP: alternatives

[Charles Wilson]

Charles Wilson wrote:
> As discussed in this thread:
> http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-apps/2005-06/msg00066.html
> 
> ftp://cygutils.fruitbat.org/pub/cygutils/alternatives-1.3.20a-1-src.tar.bz2
> ftp://cygutils.fruitbat.org/pub/cygutils/alternatives-1.3.20a-1.tar.bz2
> ftp://cygutils.fruitbat.org/pub/cygutils/alternatives.hint
> 
> hint text
> --------------------------
> category: Base
> sdesc: "A tool for managing package conflicts"
> ldesc: "The alternatives provides mechanisms for maintaining a
> database of, and managing, other packages which might be in conflict
> with each other. The end user can easily switch between the desired
> versions."
> requires: libintl3 libiconv2
> 

FWIW, I modified all of the automake1.X packages to use 
update-alternatives in their postinstall/preremove scripts instead of 
the existing homegrown shell code.  Works like a charm.

Can I get a GTG from somebody (I know, it's the weekend...)? -- I think 
that's all I need as Debian includes this in its distro.

Also, is 'Base' the appropriate category (*I* think so, but some 
confirmation from some of the core team would be good.)

--
Chuck


/usr/sbin/alternatives.exe
/usr/sbin/update-alternatives -> alternatives.exe
/usr/share/doc/alternatives-1.3.20a/*
/usr/share/doc/Cygwin/alternatives-1.3.20a.README
/usr/share/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/alternatives.mo
/usr/share/man/man8/alternatives.8.gz