NAME

cdist-type__update_alternatives - Configure alternatives

DESCRIPTION

On Debian and alike systems update-alternatives(1) can be used to setup alternatives for various programs. One of the most common used targets is the "editor".

REQUIRED PARAMETERS

BOOLEAN PARAMETERS

EXAMPLES

# Setup vim as the default editor
__update_alternatives editor --path /usr/bin/vim.basic

SEE ALSO

cdist-type__debconf_set_selections(7), update-alternatives(8)

AUTHORS

Nico Schottelius <nico-cdist--@--schottelius.org> Ander Punnar <ander@kvlt.ee>

COPYING

Copyright (C) 2013 Nico Schottelius and 2020 Ander Punnar. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

COPYRIGHT

ungleich GmbH 2020