mikshaw
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Posted: Aug. 22 2005,18:52 |
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UCI extensions do not initially write anything to the system, except to create a mountpoint, and the optional menu item and desktop icon. Even if they could write to the system, they should not overwrite the current files except in very special cases. Any deletion or overwriting of files is up to the user (in my opinion).
If you have an extension such as this, which uses the same command as an existing program, you could also have done one of the following to run the new program:
1) Use the full path to the program (/opt/man/bin man <manpage>, as stated in the *info file*)
2) Add the /opt/man/bin path to the beginning of your PATH variable:
export PATH="/opt/man/bin:$PATH"
Putting it at the beginning causes the new man to be found before the old one.
3) Create a symlink to the executable in a directory which is already in your path.
The main reason for doing one of the above, particularly in a HD install, is that the original man script is left untouched. By overwriting that script, you now no longer have the ability to use it. Also, you will now need to remount the man.uci, or copy the original script back, in order to use a man program after a reboot.
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