Are there any other messages besides the "su failed"? Check farther back in your output for other errors.
On 1/31/02 4:33 AM, "ramiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! > > I'm using Fink 0.3.2a, Xfree86 4.2.0, XDarwin 1.1, and OS X.1.2 > I wonder if someone else is getting the same error as me. Whenever I try > to update package descriptions directly from CVS via "fink selfupdate", > I get the following. The first time I open the terminal and type the > command, after asking me for the password and confirming the CVS direct > update, it fails this way: > ------- > U dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/windowmaker-0.80.0-2.info > U dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/windowmaker-0.80.0-2.patch > ### su failed, exit code 1 > Failed: Updating using CVS failed. Check the error messages above. > ------- > > If I then insist on "fink selfupdate", it fails but now on this point: > ------- > cvs server: Updating dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-system > cvs server: Updating dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm > ### su failed, exit code 1 > Failed: Updating using CVS failed. Check the error messages above. > -------- > > Further trials also fail on this last place. What's the matter? I have > no clue what to try. > > Thanks in advance, > > Ramiro > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University, LDX Collaboration MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
