From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out3-smtp.messagingengine.com (out3-smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C50713858418 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2021 17:59:07 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.1 sourceware.org C50713858418 Received: from compute5.internal (compute5.nyi.internal [10.202.2.45]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id 158805C0063 for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2021 12:59:05 -0500 (EST) Received: from mailfrontend1 ([10.202.2.162]) by compute5.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 19 Nov 2021 12:59:05 -0500 X-ME-Sender: X-ME-Received: X-ME-Proxy-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgedvuddrfeekgddutdehucetufdoteggodetrfdotf fvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuhfgrshhtofgrihhlpdfqfgfvpdfurfetoffkrfgpnffqhgen uceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpefkffggfgfhvffutgfgsehtjeertd dtfeejnecuhfhrohhmpefmvghvihhnucetnhgurhgvficunfhiphhstghomhgsuceokhgv vhhinhgrnhgurhgvfihlihhpshgtohhmsgesvhhtrdgvughuqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrh hnpeetudeftdffgeejtedttdetgfehgfeuleegfffhueetveejudefgeduudeiieeihfen ucffohhmrghinheprhgvughhrghtrdgtohhmnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptdenuc frrghrrghmpehmrghilhhfrhhomhepkhgvvhhinhgrnhgurhgvfihlihhpshgtohhmsges vhhtrdgvughu X-ME-Proxy: Received: by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA for ; Fri, 19 Nov 2021 12:59:04 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <6f224c0f-9629-ab70-1bef-c2c1e742b5fc@vt.edu> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 12:59:03 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.3.0 Content-Language: en-US From: Kevin Andrew Lipscomb To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: ssmtp-config fails on step 6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, KAM_DMARC_NONE, KAM_NUMSUBJECT, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2, SPF_HELO_PASS, SPF_SOFTFAIL, TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: General Cygwin discussions and problem reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 17:59:09 -0000 ssmtp-config fails silently on step 6 at the first call to /usr/sbin/alternatives. I isolated the alternatives command, added the --verbose switch to it, and ran the result from a bash shell that was launched as Administrator. The command fails immediately after emitting: reading /var/lib/alternatives/mta I am also reporting this as a bug in alternatives at bugzilla.redhat.com. -- -- Kevin