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Subject: Re: alternatives package dose not install /sbin executables
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Am 29.04.2022 um 18:40 schrieb David Rogers via Cygwin:

> I successfully installed:
> alternatives                            1.3.30c-10                      OK
> 
> According to the alternatives package file list I should have the following executables installed: alternatives.exe and update-alternatives.exe, 

Yes.  But

> I checked my /sbin directory 

not in that directory.

If you examine the package listing once more, you'll find they're 
actually supposed to be in /usr/sbin.

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