On 02.07.2014, at 18:59, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:

> Just that it is not lost,
> 
> debian provides a facility to provide normally incompatible
> binaries. (eg, different versions, different vendors)
> they call it alternatives. (See /etc/alternatives)
> 
> one example: jvm. or cc.
> on my server:
> 
> $ ls -l /usr/bin/cc
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Mar 19 13:10 /usr/bin/cc -> /etc/alternatives/cc
> 
> $ ls -l  /etc/alternatives/cc
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Mar 19 13:10 /etc/alternatives/cc -> /usr/bin/gcc
> 
> and you can select:
> $ upate-alternatives --list cc
> /usr/bin/gcc
> /usr/bin/clang
> 
> 
> That way, we could provide different squeakvm's via this tool :)

Nope. That would work only if all VMs could open all images.

- Bert -



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