Thanks Alex! It’s working now!

—Buz


> On May 18, 2015, at 1:19 PM, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On May 18, 2015, at 09:49, Buz Barstow <buzbars...@gmail.com 
>> <mailto:buzbars...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> Could you help me out please?
>> 
>> I’m trying to install fink on several of my Macs, all running Yosemite, to 
>> help with a very computationally intensive job that I’m doing. 
>> 
>> However, when I try to install fink it complains that my Xcode version is 
>> too new (6.3). Is there a workaround for this?
>> 
>> Many thanks, and all the best,
>> 
>> —Buz
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> chm-bmb-daedalus:fink-0.38.5 buz$ ./bootstrap 
>> 
>> Fink must be installed and run with superuser (root) privileges. Fink can 
>> automatically
>> try to become root when it's run from a user account. Since you're currently 
>> running this
>> script as a normal user, the method you choose will also be used immediately 
>> for this
>> script. Available methods:
>> 
>> (1)  Use sudo
>> (2)  Use su
>> (3)  None, fink must be run as root
>> 
>> Choose a method: [1] 
>> 
>> Checking package... looks good (fink-0.38.5).
>> Checking system... i386-apple-darwin14.3.0
>> This system is supported and tested.
>> Distribution: 10.10
>> Architecture: x86_64
>> Checking cc... looks good.
>> Checking make... looks good.
>> Checking head... looks good.
>> Verifying that installed Xcode Command Line Tools version is supported...
>> 6.3.1.0.1.1429149539 is OK
>> Verifying that installed Xcode app version is supported...
>> Found Xcode version: 6.3.1
>> ERROR:  This version of fink needs at most Xcode 6.2 on this OS X version.
>> chm-bmb-daedalus:fink-0.38.5 buz$ 
>> 
> 
> 
> Ah, I see the problem.  The ‘bootstrap' script in the ink source has a  ‘>=' 
> in the wrong place.  If you change line 366 of that to read
> 
>       } elsif ($vers == 13) {
> 
> you’ll be able to bootstrap.  
> 
> The intent was to block Xcode 6.3 on 10.9 or earlier, just in case people go 
> wild and force an install manually somehow.
> 
> -- 
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison

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