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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2021 16:54:42 -0700
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Subject: Re: ssmtp-config fails on step 6
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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