[ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: lua-5.3.6-2

[Andrey Repin]

Greetings, Andrey Repin via Cygwin!

> Trying to follow manually

> # /usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/lua lua /usr/bin/lua5.3 503 --verbose --test
> reading /var/lib/alternatives/lua
> auto
> /usr/bin/lua

> /usr/bin/lua5.3
> 503
> would link /usr/bin/lua -> /etc/alternatives/lua
> would link /etc/alternatives/lua -> /usr/bin/lua5.3

> It seems "alternatives" is trying to create links to nonexistent files.
> Which is not possible under Windows.

> Manually creating source link let the thing go

> # ln -fsT /usr/bin/lua5.3 /etc/alternatives/lua
> # /usr/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/lua lua /usr/bin/lua5.3 503 --verbose
> reading /var/lib/alternatives/lua

Err, though I've included that in the reply, but it seems I was distracted at
the moment.

CYGWIN=wincmdln winsymlinks:nativestrict glob:ignorecase


-- 
With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Monday, May 31, 2021 12:26:03

Sorry for my terrible english...