no, alternatives are not used to hide ABI or API changes. You should explicitly specify the tool you want to use. And there is nothing in your examples which affects building a package, so these alternatives cannot have any influence to the way a package or software is built.
no, alternatives are not used to hide ABI or API changes. You should explicitly specify the tool you want to use. And there is nothing in your examples which affects building a package, so these alternatives cannot have any influence to the way a package or software is built.