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

[Brian Dessent <brian at dessent dot net>]

Herb Martin wrote:

> Thanks -- my version was installed from "setup" and is
> (theorectically) up to date but shows:
> 
> $ automake --version
> automake (GNU automake) 1.4-p6

You can call any specific version by name (e.g. automake-1.9) but the
unversioned command "automake" has to be set to the desired version. 
You do this with the "alternatives" command.  See also
<http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-07/msg00361.html> and
<http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cygwin&m=112528219929429&w=4>.

> It gave me a warning about 1.4 being required by the stable
> version -- re-running version gives the same results:

You should deselect/uninstall the -stable and -devel packages, they are
just placeholders that require the new packages.

Brian

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