I asked for "ls -ld /sw" because it's the permissions of the /sw directory itself that are potentially problematic, not those of its contents--those look OK.
Also, we've found in the past that Fink and NFS don't always play nice. On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Herb Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > The permissions are as follows: > > :~$ ls -la /sw > total 190 > dr-xr-xr-x 6 root wheel 5 Aug 27 10:53 . > drwxrwxr-t 49 root admin 1734 Aug 21 12:11 .. > drwxr-xr-x 2 root admin 73728 Jul 24 15:05 bin > drwxr-xr-x 29 root admin 4096 Jul 22 08:56 etc > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1 Aug 28 08:21 fink > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1 Aug 28 08:21 include > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1 Aug 28 08:21 lib > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1 Aug 28 08:21 man > drwxr-xr-x 2 root admin 4096 Jul 24 15:05 sbin > drwxr-xr-x 54 root admin 8192 Jul 24 14:06 share > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1 Aug 28 08:21 src > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 1 Aug 28 08:21 var > > > The reason Im using root is that Fink is an install on an NFS export on a > Netapp, and is mounted on /sw. Root is the only user allowed to access the > partition. > > Thanks for the help. > > Thanks, > Herb Wright > Contractor > Desktop Group > NCBI/NLM/NIH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > On Aug 27, 2008, at 3:36 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> >> On Aug 27, 2008, at 2:46 PM, Herb Wright wrote: >> >>> Im trying to install acouple of different packeages, and for each one >>> I get the results you see below. Any advice would be great. >>> >>> >>> ~# /sw/bin/fink install ccache >>> Information about 7362 packages read in 6 seconds. >>> The following package will be installed or updated: >>> ccache >>> Reading buildlock packages... >>> All buildlocks accounted for. >>> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ >>> ccache_2.4-20_darwin-i386.deb >>> (Reading database ... 59555 files and directories currently installed.) >>> Unpacking ccache (from .../ccache_2.4-20_darwin-i386.deb) ... >>> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ >>> ccache_2.4-20_darwin-i386.deb (--install): >>> failed to rmdir/unlink `/sw/bin.dpkg-new': Input/output error >>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>> /sw/var/cache/apt/archives/ccache_2.4-20_darwin-i386.deb >>> ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1 >>> Failed: can't install package ccache-2.4-20 >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Herb Wright >>> Contractor >>> Desktop Group >>> NCBI/NLM/NIH >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >> Found a related post here: >> >> http://ubuntu-utah.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4532164 >> >> though OS X doesn't appear to have the lsattr and chattr commands, so I'm >> not sure what exactly got set. >> >> I guess we can start with "ls -ld /sw" > > -- Alexander K. Hansen akh AT finkproject DOT org Fink User Liaison and Documenter ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
