Executable confusion!

Alan Dayley alandd at consultpros.com
Tue Oct 4 21:34:05 MST 2005


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I am attempting to update the pilot-link package on my Fedora Core 3
from source.  The previous version from packages is 0.11.8.  I
downloaded the source for version 0.12.0-pre4.

After running './configure' and 'make' as a normal user.  I ran 'make
install' as root.  Everything appears to have worked fine.  But now
watch this series of commands issued as root:

# pilot-xfer --version
   .--------------------------------------------.
   | (c) Copyright 1996-2003, pilot-link team   |
   |   Join the pilot-link lists to help out.   |
   `--------------------------------------------'
   This is pilot-xfer, from pilot-link version 0.11.8

   Build target..: i386-redhat-linux-gnu
   Build date....: Aug  9 2004 04:10:03

   pilot-link 0.11.8 is covered under the GPL/LGPL
   See the file COPYING under docs for more info.

   Please use -h for more detailed options.
# which pilot-xfer
/usr/local/bin/pilot-xfer
# /usr/local/bin/pilot-xfer --version
   DEPRECATED: The application is calling print_splash()
   .--------------------------------------------.
   | (c) Copyright 1996-2004, pilot-link team   |
   |   Join the pilot-link lists to help out.   |
   `--------------------------------------------'
   This is /usr/local/bin/pilot-xfer, from pilot-link version 0.12.0-pre4

   Build target..: i686-pc-linux-gnu
   Build date....: Oct  4 2005 21:13:14

   pilot-link 0.12.0-pre4 is covered under the GPL/LGPL
   See the file COPYING under docs for more info.

   Please use --help for more detailed options.
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Behold my confusion!  When issued without the path, the 'pilot-xfer'
reports the old version 0.11.8.  The 'which' command reports only *one*
pilot-xfer in $PATH.  When issued with the full path, the pilot-xfer'
reports the new version.

How can this be?  How do I correct it?

Alan
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