[bug-notifications] [alternatives 0004559]: --set does not work

[Mantis Bug Tracker]

A NOTE has been added to this issue. 
====================================================================== 
https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4559 
====================================================================== 
Reported By:                holzi
Assigned To:                phil
====================================================================== 
Project:                    alternatives
Issue ID:                   4559
Category:                   regular use
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     feedback
====================================================================== 
Date Submitted:             2010-09-30 15:47 CEST
Last Modified:              2010-10-03 08:16 CEST
====================================================================== 
Summary:                    --set does not work
Description: 
during testing the new apache2 package I wanted to change the alternative:

/opt/csw/sbin/alternatives --display httpd
Installed alternatives for httpd are:
/opt/csw/apache2/sbin/httpd httpd /opt/csw/apache2/sbin/httpd.prefork 100
/opt/csw/apache2/sbin/httpd httpd /opt/csw/apache2/sbin/httpd.worker 50


/opt/csw/sbin/alternatives --set httpd /opt/csw/apache2/sbin/httpd.worker

ln: cannot create /etc/opt/etc/alternatives/httpd: No such file or
directory

====================================================================== 

---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 (0008332) phil (manager) - 2010-10-03 08:16
 https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4559#c8332 
---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
"works for me"(with mutt).

$ pfexec ./alternatives --set mutt /opt/csw/bin/mutt-ncurses
phil at opensolaris:~$ echo $?
0



Given that apache2 is a NEW package, that was not using alternatives
before, dont you think its possible the bug is in your implementation of
the interface to the alternatives program, rather than in the alternatives
program itself?