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-- Additional comment from Lukáš Nykrýn on 2016-06-22 07:06:09 EDT ---
Totally untested patch for alternatives:
http://pastebin.test.redhat.com/386221
and sample output:
http://pastebin.test.redhat.com/386222
Do not recognize between single member of family presented or more (As originally specified in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1344059#c20 and c#22. It jsut always print family (link): [ note, my jdk7 and 9 have no family in specfiles for now)
Selection Command
-----------------------------------------------
*+ 1 java-1.8.0-openjdk (/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.92-1.b14.fc24.x86_64/bin/javac)
2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-legacy-1.7.0.101-2.6.6.1.fc23.x86_64/bin/javac
3 java-1.8.0-openjdk (/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.92-1.b14.fc24.x86_64-debug/bin/javac)
4 /usr/lib/jvm/java-9-openjdk-9.0.0.116-1.fc24.x86_64/bin/javac
Benefits:
- much smaller change to alternatives
- more useful output - you always can see both values you can --set.
Negative:
- most people will for ever have only one meber of --family installed. So they do not need to see full NVRA
- the line may grow to long on standard terminal (but it actually already does)
Despite my original design, +1 for this output
Despite my original design, I'm for Lukas' approach.
I made some testing today on Fedora,and pathced laternatives works like an charm.
I'm still hesitating with family x family (path) for view when only one jdk of given family does exists. If the fix will not bloat to much, then it is probably really worthy.
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.
For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.
If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016-2467.html