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Re: Automake version 1.4 in CygWin vs. current Automake 1.9.2 ...
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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