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Subject: | Re: /etc/alternatives was RE: [Re: GCC 4 installation problem] |
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Eschew obfuscation. On Thu, 26 Mar 2009, Phil Betts wrote: > For the second problem, perhaps it would also help if the names of the > links in the alternatives directory were a hash of the program name. > E.g. > /usr/bin/gs -> /etc/alternatives/9ad6a289eea9c92be09d3a5a8bc737e6 > /etc/alternatives/9ad6a289eea9c92be09d3a5a8bc737e6 -> /usr/bin/gs-x11 > where 9ad6a289eea9c92be09d3a5a8bc737e6 is the md5sum of "/usr/bin/gs". > This would make it much more obvious that the links were managed, or > at least give one pause for thought before diving in. -- Michael hennebry AT web DOT cs DOT ndsu DOT NoDak DOT edu "Nothing says it like words if you know how to use them." -- Professional Organization of English Majors -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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