- Use the correct id(1) program. Fixes PR pkg/40691
- Avoid unprintable characters, some implementations of tr(1) have issues
with them. Instead go for what hopefully will be a unique string, as
well as making use of shell parameter substitution. Fixes PR pkg/42197
These changes combined make pkg_alternatives work correctly on Solaris.
- Add support to explicitly select which wrappers are wanted on a system and
which ones are not. This is done through a configuration file that defines
a filter with a set of actions and regular expressions (example file
included).
- Add an examples section to the manual page with solutions for some FAQs.
- Add the destroy action, used to remove the alternatives database as well
as any known wrappers.
- Use the rebuild/destroy actions at install/deinstall time respectively
so that this package can be installed at any time and pick up automatically
available alternatives from PKG_DBDIR.
Per suggestion from reed@ in tech-pkg@.
pkg_alternatives is a tool to manage the alternatives system provided by
The NetBSD Packages Collection, also known as pkgsrc. It creates, configures
and destroys generic wrappers used to run programs with similar interfaces.
No objections in tech-pkg@. Agreed with jlam@, who has provided lots of
design suggestions.
