On Sun 18 Jan 2026 at 11:25:08 (-0700), Paul Scott wrote: > > > On 18 Jan 2026, at 07:50, Paul Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I am posting a similar question on the Debian user list: > > > > > > [ … ] About 70% of the time a link command like the following works [ … ]
> It turns out the problem was something I wasn't aware of that was > pointed out by a Debian user: > > The solution was to execute: > hash -d lilypond > after creating the link. Or clear the entire hash with > hash -r Each instance of bash has its own hash, and commands have to be used to be remembered. So any bash instance that hasn't yet run lilypond will have no hash entry for it, and finds the new symlink straight away. Hence your 70% success rate. Cheers, David.
