> On May 31, 2016, at 11:14, Jess H. Brewer <j...@triumf.ca> wrote:
>
> On 05/31/2016 10:29 AM, Jess H. Brewer wrote:
>> On 05/31/2016 08:47 AM, Alexander Hansen wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> One question on the login method: is that a terminal logged in to a
>>>>> root account, or accessed via “sudo -s” or “su”, etc. ?
>>>>>
>>>>> —akh
>>>>
>>>> # su -
>>>>
>>>> (When I'm root, I want to stay root. :-)
>>>>
>>>> -- Jess
>>>
>>> I don’t know if it will make a difference, but you might try setting
>>>
>>> RootMethod: none
>>>
>>> in /sw/etc/fink.conf if you haven’t done that already.—akh
>>
>> It was already set. Shall I try something different?
>>
>> I seem to be able to "chip away" at updating from source: although just
>> running # fink update-all fails after a few packages, it does update a
>> few -- less each time I run it -- until it fails immediately; then I
>> "manually" update a few from the list and try again. Then update-all
>> gets a few more.... I've done this before; eventually I get up to date
>> (or almost so) and then I seem to be able to go back to normal. I
>> wonder if the failure on downloading binaries is due to some specific
>> package needing updating?
>>
>> Cheers -- Jess
>
> Hmmm, a new(?) glitch -- I can't seem to get past this error:
> _______________________________________________________________________
>
> The following packages must be temporarily removed, but there are no
> .debs to restore them from:
>
> libev4 libev4
>
> Exiting with failure.
> ________________________________________________________________________
>
> (Yes, it lists the same package twice.) ????
>
> Cheers -- Jess
>
>
<snipping from other message>
>
> Aha. I removed it and reinstalled it; that seems to get me past that
> block. I think.
>
> — Jess
It should. In general “fink rebuild package” should generate a local .deb file
for you, barring a build error. The code which swaps out build conflicts
insists upon having a .deb available to restore whatever it removed.
The error message could be enhanced to spell out what the remedy actually is.
--
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
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