Thanks, I just clicked on the link and saw Martin's reply but it didn't make it 
to my inbox. I will try what Martin suggest. 


with warm regards 
Ronald Cross 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alexander Hansen" <[email protected]> 
To: [email protected] 
Cc: [email protected] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 11:21:42 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] I am trying to update fink and getting the 
following errors 

According to my records you were indeed sent a reply: 

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners/22962 

Rather than duplicate that, I'll just ask: have you tried the 
instructions there? 

[email protected] wrote: 
> Hello, is anyone able to help me? 
> 
> with warm regards 
> Ronald Cross 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: [email protected] 
> To: [email protected] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 12:22:13 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
> Subject: [Fink-beginners] I am trying to update fink and getting the 
> following errors 
> 
> Hi all, this is my first post so please be nice to me. My system is a 
> G4 1GHZ PPC OS-X using Tiger. I have also tried using fink-cvs and 
> that didn't work either. What do I need to do to get this to work? I 
> have ran fink selfupdate numerous times without success. 
> 
> 
> I apologize, I am not able to get the version using fink -V because I 
> get the following output: 
> 
> 
> WARNING: could not read /sw/fink/10.4-transitional/VERSION: No such 
> file or directory 
> 
> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at 
> /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Config.pm line 324. 
> 
> Use of uninitialized value in length at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Config.pm 
> line 325. 
> 
> Package manager version: 0.28.5 
> 
> Distribution version: selfupdate-, 10.4-transitional, powerpc 
> 
> 
> 
> with warm regards 
> 
> Ronald Cross 
> 
> 
> 
> rsync -az -q rsync://master.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//TIMESTAMP 
> /sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp 
> 
> I will now run the rsync command to retrieve the latest package 
> descriptions. 
> 
> 
> rsync -rtz --delete-after --delete -q --include='10.4/' 
> --include='10.4/stable/' --include='10.4/stable/main/' 
> --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/' 
> --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/*/' 
> --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/*' 
> --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/' 
> --include='10.4/stable/' --include='10.4/stable/crypto/' 
> --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/' 
> --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*/' 
> --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*' 
> --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/' 
> --include='10.4/unstable/' --include='10.4/unstable/main/' 
> --include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/' 
> --include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/*/' 
> --include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/*' 
> --include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/' 
> --include='10.4/unstable/' --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/' 
> --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/' 
> --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/*/' 
> --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/*' 
> --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/**/*' --include='VERSION' 
> --include='DISTRIBUTION' --include='README' --exclude='**' 
> 'rsync://master.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/' 
> 
> WARNING: Not saving timestamp of selfupdate because could not write 
> 
> /sw/fink/10.4-transitional/VERSION.selfupdate.tmp: No such file or 
> directory 
> 
> WARNING: could not read /sw/fink/10.4-transitional/VERSION: No such 
> file or 
> 
> directory 
> 
> WARNING: unable to determine last selfupdate time. You should run 'fink 
> 
> selfupdate' to get the latest package descriptions. 
> 
> The following package will be installed or updated: 
> 
> fink 
> 
> Setting runtime build-lock... 
> 
> dpkg-deb -b /sw/src/fink.build/root-fink-buildlock-fink-0.19.2-1 
> /sw/src/fink.build 
> 
> dpkg-deb: building package `fink-buildlock-fink-0.19.2-1' in 
> `/sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-fink-0.19.2-1_2009.05.05-23.32.17_darwin-powerpc.deb'.
>  
> 
> Installing build-lock package... 
> 
> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i 
> /sw/src/fink.build/fink-buildlock-fink-0.19.2-1_2009.05.05-23.32.17_darwin-powerpc.deb
>  
> 
> Selecting previously deselected package fink-buildlock-fink-0.19.2-1. 
> 
> (Reading database ... 16532 files and directories currently installed.) 
> 
> Unpacking fink-buildlock-fink-0.19.2-1 (from 
> .../fink-buildlock-fink-0.19.2-1_2009.05.05-23.32.17_darwin-powerpc.deb) 
> ... 
> 
> Setting up fink-buildlock-fink-0.19.2-1 (2009.05.05-23.32.17) ... 
> 
> gzip -dc /sw/src/fink-0.19.2.tar.gz | /sw/bin/tar -xf - 
> --no-same-owner --no-same-permissions 
> 
> Use of uninitialized value in list assignment at 
> /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 4963. 
> 
> Use of uninitialized value in list assignment at 
> /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 4963. 
> 
> Use of uninitialized value in list assignment at 
> /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 4963. 
> 
> Use of uninitialized value in list assignment at 
> /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 4963. 
> 
> make test 
> 
> Creating fink... 
> 
> Creating fink-virtual-pkgs... 
> 
> Creating pathsetup.sh... 
> 
> Creating FinkVersion.pm... 
> 
> Creating man page... 
> 
> Creating shlibs default file... 
> 
> Creating postinstall script... 
> 
> 
> This first test is designed to die, so please ignore the error 
> 
> message on the next line. 
> 
> # Looks like your test died before it could output anything. 
> 
> ./00compile.........FAILED tests 1-51 
> 
> Failed 51/51 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Base/initialize...ok 
> 
> ./Base/param........FAILED tests 1-15 
> 
> Failed 15/15 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Base/param_boolean.FAILED tests 1-100 
> 
> Failed 100/100 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Command/cat.......FAILED tests 1-4 
> 
> Failed 4/4 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Command/chowname..FAILED tests 1-9 
> 
> Failed 9/9 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Command/commands..FAILED tests 1-16 
> 
> Failed 16/16 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Command/exports...FAILED tests 1-2 
> 
> Failed 2/2 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Command/failure...FAILED tests 1-49 
> 
> Failed 49/49 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Command/touch.....FAILED tests 1-10 
> 
> Failed 10/10 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Config/exports....FAILED tests 1-8 
> 
> Failed 8/8 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Config/failure....FAILED tests 1-3 
> 
> Failed 3/3 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Config/load_save..FAILED tests 1-163 
> 
> Failed 163/163 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Config/options....FAILED tests 1-3 
> 
> Failed 3/3 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Config/param......FAILED tests 1-7 
> 
> Failed 7/7 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Config/verbosity_level.FAILED tests 1-7 
> 
> Failed 7/7 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./FinkVersion/exports.FAILED tests 1-3 
> 
> Failed 3/3 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./FinkVersion/version.FAILED tests 1-9 
> 
> Failed 9/9 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Mirror/exports....FAILED tests 1-2 
> 
> Failed 2/2 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./PkgVersion/get_perl.FAILED tests 1-16 
> 
> Failed 16/16 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./PkgVersion/get_ruby.FAILED tests 1-11 
> 
> Failed 11/11 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> ./Services/expand_percent.FAILED tests 1-14 
> 
> Failed 14/14 tests, 0.00% okay 
> 
> Failed Test Status Wstat Total Fail Failed List of failed 
> 
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  
> 
> ./00compile.t 51 51 100.00% 1-51 
> 
> ./Base/param.t 15 15 100.00% 1-15 
> 
> ./Base/param_bo 100 100 100.00% 1-100 
> 
> ./Command/cat.t 4 4 100.00% 1-4 
> 
> ./Command/chown 9 9 100.00% 1-9 
> 
> ./Command/comma 16 16 100.00% 1-16 
> 
> ./Command/expor 2 2 100.00% 1-2 
> 
> ./Command/failu 49 49 100.00% 1-49 
> 
> ./Command/touch 10 10 100.00% 1-10 
> 
> ./Config/export 8 8 100.00% 1-8 
> 
> ./Config/failur 3 3 100.00% 1-3 
> 
> ./Config/load_s 163 163 100.00% 1-163 
> 
> ./Config/option 3 3 100.00% 1-3 
> 
> ./Config/param. 7 7 100.00% 1-7 
> 
> ./Config/verbos 7 7 100.00% 1-7 
> 
> ./FinkVersion/e 3 3 100.00% 1-3 
> 
> ./FinkVersion/v 9 9 100.00% 1-9 
> 
> ./Mirror/export 2 2 100.00% 1-2 
> 
> ./PkgVersion/ge 16 16 100.00% 1-16 
> 
> ./PkgVersion/ge 11 11 100.00% 1-11 
> 
> ./Services/expa 14 14 100.00% 1-14 
> 
> Failed 21/22 test scripts, 4.55% okay. 502/507 subtests failed, 0.99% 
> okay. 
> 
> make: *** [test] Error 1 
> 
> ### execution of make failed, exit code 2 
> 
> Removing runtime build-lock... 
> 
> Removing build-lock package... 
> 
> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-fink-0.19.2-1 
> 
> (Reading database ... 16533 files and directories currently installed.) 
> 
> Removing fink-buildlock-fink-0.19.2-1 ... 
> 
> Failed: phase compiling: fink-0.19.2-1 failed 
> 
> 
> 
> 


-- 
Alexander Hansen 
Fink User Liaison 

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