[bug-notifications] [alternatives 0004775]: MANUALDIR not set correctly in alternatives script

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The following issue has been CLOSED 
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https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4775 
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Reported By:                jcraig
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    alternatives
Issue ID:                   4775
Category:                   regular use
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     closed
Resolution:                 open
Fixed in Version:           
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Date Submitted:             2011-05-25 16:44 CEST
Last Modified:              2011-05-25 21:22 CEST
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Summary:                    MANUALDIR not set correctly in alternatives script
Description: 
Set to:

MANUALDIR=/etc/opt/etc/alternatives  #manual override location

believe it should be:


MANUALDIR=/etc/opt/csw/etc/alternatives  #manual override location


Further, this directory doesn't appear to be created my the installation
of CSWalternatives so I would further suggest changing the lines in
function set_manual_prio to create if necessary.  While your at it you may
wish to protect the rm from throwing an error if it tries to remove a
non-existent check file:
        $DEBUG found match for $1: $check
        if [ ! -d $MANUALDIR ]; then
                mkdir -p $MANUALDIR
        fi
        if [ -e $MANUALDIR/$1 ]; then
                rm -f $MANUALDIR/$1
        fi
        ln -s $check $MANUALDIR/$1

        set_alternative $1

}


Thanks,

Jon



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 (0009077) phil (manager) - 2011-05-25 21:22
 https://www.opencsw.org/mantis/view.php?id=4775#c9077 
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Hmm. Actually, the path in the copy in the source tree, is

MANUALDIR=/etc/opt/csw/alternatives  #manual override location

This is more correct than
MANUALDIR=/etc/opt/csw/etc/alternatives

The former, is also what appears in the package that is our current
release of alternatives:
alternatives-1.1,REV=2010.10.02-SunOS5.9-all-CSW.pkg.gz

so, closing this bug as not relevant.
But thank you for taking the time to file something.