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Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 15:58:11 -0500
From: Brian Ford <Brian DOT Ford AT flightsafety DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Automake version 1.4 in CygWin vs. current Automake 1.9.2 ...
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On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, Charles Wilson wrote:
> Brian Ford wrote:
> > Incidentally, the command referenced there:
> >
> > /usr/sbin/alternatives --set automake /usr/bin/automake-1.4
> >
> > never worked for me.  I just tried all permutations of automake again and
> > only /usr/bin/automake-1.9 is accepted.  All others give something like:
> >
> > /usr/bin/automake-1.4 has not been configured as an alternative for
> > automake
>
> Sounds like, for whatever reason, the postinstall scripts were never
> executed.  Take a look at /var/lib/alternatives/automake. It should look
> something like this:

It didn't, but reexecuting the post install scripts fixed it.  Thanks.

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Brian Ford
Senior Realtime Software Engineer
VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems
FlightSafety International
the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot...

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