From 9460891d1cba56f92f129ab20268f640e7fdc6e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christoph <ckubu@oopen.de>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 12:59:27 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add file 'README.update-alternatives'.

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 README.update-alternatives | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 README.update-alternatives

diff --git a/README.update-alternatives b/README.update-alternatives
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+
+
+# list available targets
+#
+update-alternatives --list my.cnf
+
+# show further information including current selection, best selection and  priority, where 
+# a higher value has priority (automatic selection)
+#
+update-alternatives --display my.cnf 
+
+
+# To select a specific implementation, use the following command as root and then select
+#  a number from the list:
+#
+# also useful to see the current selection
+#
+update-alternatives --config my.cnf
+
+
+# Return to automatic selection
+#
+update-alternatives --auto my.cnf
+
+
+# delete an alternative
+#
+#     update-alternatives --remove my.cnf <Pfad>
+#
+update-alternatives --remove my.cnf /usr/local/mysql/etc/my.cnf