Phillip, Your earlier attempts have left the directory /sw/fink in an unintended state. Can you tell me the output of "ls -l /sw/fink/10.5" ?
-- Dave On Oct 30, 2007, at 11:41 AM, Phillip R Smith wrote: > On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > >>>> Phillip R Smith wrote: >>>>> On my list I had to update fink BEFORE I installed Leopard on the >>>>> G5 >>>>> >>>>> But I didn't >>>>> >>>>> So can a kind individual help me with what I need to do now? ... >>> >>> Which leaves this question.... How do you rescue a fink 0.27.6 on >>> Leopard... >>> >> You might have to do a manual update. If you don't have >> fink-0.27.7.tar.gz on your system, download it. Once you have that, >> unpack it, enter the top-level directory, and run "./inject.pl" > > Thanks! However, things seem not to have gone as required .... > > mcrc13-24> ./inject.pl > /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/env PERL5LIB='/sw/lib/perl5:/sw/lib/perl5/ > darwin' ./inject.pl /sw > Password: > Adding local/injected to the Trees line in fink.conf... > Creating fink tarball... > > <skip> > > Installing package... > > /sw/bin/fink install fink-0.27.7-41 > > <skip> > > carrUnpacking replacement fink ... > Setting up fink (0.27.7-41) ... > Checking system... powerpc-apple-darwin9.0.0 > This is the first fink release which can be used with Mac OS X > 10.5. We > support bootstrapping with this version, and we expect that upgrading > from 10.4 > will go smoothly with this version. However, DIRECT UPGRADING FROM > 10.4-transitional, 10.3 OR EARLIER IS NOT SUPPORTED. > ln -s 10.4 /sw/fink/10.5 > ln -s 10.5 /sw/fink/dists > Scanning package description files. > > Updating the list of locally available binary packages. > Scanning dists/local/injected/binary-darwin-powerpc > New package: dists/local/injected/binary-darwin-powerpc/ > fink_0.27.7-41_darwin-powerpc.deb > Downloading the indexes of available packages in the binary > distribution. > /sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait -q update > Err file: local/main Packages > File not found > Ign file: local/main Release > Err file: stable/main Packages > File not found > Ign file: stable/main Release > Err file: stable/crypto Packages > File not found > Ign file: stable/crypto Release > Failed to fetch file:/sw/fink/dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/ > Packages File not found > Failed to fetch file:/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/ > PackagesFile not found > Failed to fetch file:/sw/fink/dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin- > powerpc/Packages File not found > Reading Package Lists... > Building Dependency Tree... > E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old > ones used instead. > ### execution of /sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait failed, exit code 100 > WARNING: Failure while updating indexes. > > Your Fink installation in '/sw' was updated with a new fink package. > > mcrc13-25> fink reinstall finkScanning package description files. > Information about 206 packages read in 0 seconds. > The following package will be reinstalled: > fink > Reading buildlock packages... > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i /sw/fink/dists/local/injected/binary-darwin- > powerpc/fink_0.27.7-41_darwin-powerpc.deb > (Reading database ... 7155 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace fink 0.27.7-41 (using .../fink_0.27.7-41_darwin- > powerpc.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement fink ... > Setting up fink (0.27.7-41) ... > Checking system... powerpc-apple-darwin9.0.0 > This is the first fink release which can be used with Mac OS X > 10.5. We > support bootstrapping with this version, and we expect that upgrading > from 10.4 > will go smoothly with this version. However, DIRECT UPGRADING FROM > 10.4-transitional, 10.3 OR EARLIER IS NOT SUPPORTED. > ln -s 10.4 /sw/fink/10.5 > ln: /sw/fink/10.5/10.4: File exists > ### execution of ln failed, exit code 1 > ERROR: Can't create link from 10.4 to /sw/fink/10.5 > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing fink (--install): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > fink > ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1 > Failed: can't install package fink-0.27.7-41 > mcrc13-26> fink update fink > Scanning package description files. > Information about 206 packages read in 1 seconds. > The following package will be installed or updated: > fink > Reading buildlock packages... > /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i /sw/fink/dists/local/injected/binary-darwin- > powerpc/fink_0.27.7-41_darwin-powerpc.deb > (Reading database ... 7155 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace fink 0.27.7-41 (using .../fink_0.27.7-41_darwin- > powerpc.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement fink ... > Setting up fink (0.27.7-41) ... > Checking system... powerpc-apple-darwin9.0.0 > This is the first fink release which can be used with Mac OS X > 10.5. We > support bootstrapping with this version, and we expect that upgrading > from 10.4 > will go smoothly with this version. However, DIRECT UPGRADING FROM > 10.4-transitional, 10.3 OR EARLIER IS NOT SUPPORTED. > ln -s 10.4 /sw/fink/10.5 > ln: /sw/fink/10.5/10.4: File exists > ### execution of ln failed, exit code 1 > ERROR: Can't create link from 10.4 to /sw/fink/10.5 > /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing fink (--install): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > fink > ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1 > Failed: can't install package fink-0.27.7-41 > mcrc13-27> > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? 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