On Tue, Jan 25, 2005 at 04:27:14PM +0100, Juan RP wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 16:23:22 +0100
> "Julio M. Merino Vidal" <jmmv@menta.net> wrote:
> 
> > You have to choices:
> > 
> > 1) Make your path use /usr/bin before /usr/pkg/bin.
> > 
> > 2) Adjust the vi wrapper to run /usr/bin/vi:
> > 
> >     pkg_alternatives -w manual /usr/pkg/bin/vi /usr/bin/vi
> > 
> >    after that, no package will modify your setting.
> > 
> > Oh well... I can add a variable that affects the _registering_ of
> > alternatives at install/deinstall time.  That should be enough for
> > anyone that doesn't want to use this system at all.
> 
> Much better... because I don't want to modify my PATH for this...
> and probably I won't use the alternatives stuff.

You won't generally notice that the alternatives are there; it's not
something you have to "use".

But anyway it's already done.  Just set PKG_ALTERNATIVES=NO in your
environment and/or mk.conf.

-- 
Julio M. Merino Vidal <jmmv@menta.net>
The NetBSD Project - http://www.NetBSD.org/