[arch-general] How to have multiple JDKs parallel?

[Carsten Mattner]

On 9/17/18, Eli Schwartz via arch-general <arch-general at archlinux.org> wrote:

> So essentially what you really want is a way for pacman to remember your
> choice. That would require pacman modify its configuration which is
> something that goes against the current architecture... What would happen
> instead is pacman.conf could be used to configure this.
>
> I'm not sure if IgnorePkg or HoldPkg would have an effect here...

The way I read it, what's being suggested is something like Debian's
update-alternatives. https://wiki.debian.org/DebianAlternatives

Or a JVM version manager ala pyenv etc. Not sure.