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.\" by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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.\" (at your option) any later version. There is NO WARRANTY. You can
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.\" find the GNU GPL in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL on any Debian system.
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-.TH update\-alternatives 8 "2006-05-23" "Debian Project" "dpkg utilities"
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+.TH update\-alternatives 8 "2006-11-24" "Debian Project" "dpkg utilities"
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.SH NAME
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update\-alternatives - maintain symbolic links determining default commands
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@@ -176,6 +176,17 @@ option in order to return to the automatic mode.
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If you want to configure non-interactively you can use the
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.I \-\-set
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option instead (see below).
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+.PP
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+Different packages providing the same file need to do so
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+.BR cooperatively .
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+That is - the usage of
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+.B update\-alternatives
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+is
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+.B mandatory
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+for all involved packages in such case - it is not possible to
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+override some file in a package that does not employ the
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+.B update\-alternatives
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+mechanism.
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.SH TERMINOLOGY
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Since the activities of
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Guillem Jover