Benoit Perrot wrote: > On debian, several version of the same package may be installed, > and the default, prefered one is selected by providing a > symbolic link pointing to it.
Yes. Very nice. > So, I was wondering if there was a way to select the automake > path or exe to use, or if patching AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE could be > the solution. You can always set PATH to $HOME/bin and in there make a symlink or wrapper script from 'automake' to 'automake-1.9' or whatever. Because it is in your PATH ahead of the /usr/bin/automake location it will be found first and used. Bob
