From: Doug Henderson <djndnbvg@gmail.com>
To: cygwin <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Cc: Kevin Andrew Lipscomb <kevinandrewlipscomb@vt.edu>
Subject: Re: ssmtp-config fails on step 6
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:54:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAJ1FpuOm_=nw0QyCjmszGnqXouzsCucM9uMhix6iB-NdbQFVog@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6f224c0f-9629-ab70-1bef-c2c1e742b5fc@vt.edu>
On Fri, 19 Nov 2021 at 11:00, Kevin Andrew Lipscomb via Cygwin
<cygwin@cygwin.com> wrote:
>
> 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
Please reply quoting the complete failing command line and output from
"uname -a".
Also please post the bug number or a link to the bug on bugzilla.redhat.com.
Note that alternatives must be run from an elevated cygwin window to
add or change the alternatives.configuration.
Doug - current cygwin alternatives maintainer
--
Doug Henderson, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - from gmail.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-11-19 23:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-11-19 17:59 Kevin Andrew Lipscomb
2021-11-19 23:54 ` Doug Henderson [this message]
2021-11-20 17:04 ` Kevin Andrew Lipscomb
2021-11-20 0:07 ` Andrey Repin
2021-11-20 1:10 ` Doug Henderson
2021-11-20 22:26 ` Ken Brown
2021-11-22 10:28 ` Corinna Vinschen
2021-11-22 18:04 ` Achim Gratz
2021-11-22 18:29 ` Corinna Vinschen
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