[systemd-devel] Environment for prefdm.service

[Lennart Poettering]

On Mon, 11.07.11 22:16, Kay Sievers (kay.sievers at vrfy.org) wrote:

> >> - installing multiple DMs gives you a predictable default
> >> - removing whatever the current default is falls back to other DMs
> >>   that are currently installed
> >
> > If people want these problems solved one option would be to manage the
> > display-manager.service symlink with Debian's alternative system, but in
> > general I'd probably just ignore this, and just say the first
> > installation wins.
> 
> Guess Bill meant:
>   install gdm -> get the link
>   install kdm -> link fails
>   uninstall gdm -> remove link
> 
>   -> kdm installed but no link

Yupp, I know. update-alternatives could fix that. Or we just ignore the
problem and assume that if people install/deinstall multiple DMs they
know what they do and can manage the symlink on their own, and hence
don't consider the missing symlink crucial.

Lennart

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