Bug#317513: kaffe: ELOOP because of multiple alternatives when /usr is a symlink

[Yann Dirson]

On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 02:31:12PM +0200, Wolfgang Baer wrote:
> This is just an idea and I don't know if this is allowed:
> 
> /usr/bin/jar -> /etc/alternatives/jar
> /etc/alternatives/jar -> /etc/alternatives/kaffe-system/bin/jar
> /etc/alternatives/kaffe-system -> /usr/lib/kaffe/{jthreads,pthreads}
> 
> This would only need 3 dereferences. Is it allowed to link an
> alternative to another alternative ?

That looks like a good idea.  I feared the /etc/alternatives/
directory would be considered internal to the alternatives system (in
which case we would have to rely on update-alternative itself to
handle the cascading), but since it is in /etc and not in /var, it may
be allowed to reference it directly.

OTOH it could have made sense to have update-alternative detect it will be
pointing to another alternative, and short-circuit one link by itself.

Best regards,
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