Bug#814149: add alternative for /usr/bin/dx

[Graham Inggs]

Hi Hans-Christoph

On 8 February 2016 at 21:25, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at> wrote:
> We have just packaged the "Dalvik Explorer" aka android-platform-dalvik
> which is always used as the command util 'dx'.

Always?  IBM's DX has been around since 1991. :)

> This conflicts with
> OpenDX's /usr/bin/dx, so I propose that OpenDX support /usr/bin/dx using
> the 'alternatives' system.

I don't believe the 'alternatives' system is the way to solve this.

From:
"The Debian alternatives system creates a way for several programs
that fulfill the same or similar functions to be listed as alternative
implementations that are installed simultaneously but with one
particular implementation designated as the default."

Clearly Dalvik Explorer's /usr/bin/dx and OpenDX's /usr/bin/dx do not
fulfil the same or similar functions.

I'm CC-ing the Debian Science list as I am sure similar situations
have been resolved in the past, and hopefully someone will suggest
possible solutions.

Regards
Graham


[1] http://www.opendx.org/about.html
[2] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianAlternatives