More investigation reveals that it's textmode mounts that alternatives doesn't like, not necessarily (although almost certainly as well as) \r\n line endings.
-- Gary R. Van Sickle > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary R. Van Sickle > Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 1:04 AM > To: cygwin@cygwin.com > Subject: alternatives > > This shouldn't be happening, should it?: > > $ ls -l /var/lib/alternatives > total 2 > -rwx------+ 1 GaryV None 103 Jul 4 23:15 automake > -rwx------+ 1 GaryV None 420 Jul 11 18:07 libpng > > $ /usr/sbin/alternatives --config libpng failed to read > /var/lib/alternatives/libpng: No error > > $ /usr/sbin/alternatives --config automake failed to read > /var/lib/alternatives/automake: No error > > This is with snapshot 20051103 21:02:10, but this is the > first time I've ever tried to use alternatives, so that could > have nothing to do with anything. > > -- > Gary R. Van Sickle > > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
