Folks, I was doing 'fink selfupdate' then one day I tried 'fink selfupdate-cvs' based upon a recommendation. All this has worked fine up to now. When I do 'fink selfupdate-cvs' or 'fink selfupdate' I the typical massive output then the following error:
[msp-65-29-22-81:~] root# fink selfupdate Your Fink installation is set up to update package descriptions directly from CVS. Do you want to use this setup and update now? [Y/n] Y I will now run the cvs command to retrieve the latest package descriptions. After that, the core packages will be updated right away; you should then update the other packages using commands like 'fink update-all'. cvs -z3 update -d -P ? stamp-rel-0.3.2a ? dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo/curl-ssl-7.9-1.info ? dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo/curl-ssl-7.9.2-1.info ? dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo/gnupg-1.0.6-7.info ? dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo/gnupg-1.0.6-7.patch ... M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/oroborus2-2.0.4-1.info M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/sawfish-1.0.1-1.info ### cvs failed, exit code 1 Failed: Updating using CVS failed. Check the error messages above. [msp-65-29-22-81:~] root# If only I could tell what message is the cause of the problem! Can anyone give me a clue? For the record, here's what version of MacOS X I'm running: [msp-65-29-22-81:/sw/fink] root# sw_vers ProductName: Mac OS X ProductVersion: 10.1.3 BuildVersion: 5Q110 [msp-65-29-22-81:/sw/fink] root# [Here's a potentially complicating factor. I also went and ran 'fink update fink'. Perhaps it was a big no-no. Anyway, when I do 'fink --version' I get the following: [msp-65-29-22-81:/sw/fink] root# fink --version Package manager version: 0.9.11 Distribution version: <<<<<<< VERSION 0.3.2a ======= 0.4.0.cvs >>>>>>> 1.3 [msp-65-29-22-81:/sw/fink] root# Can anyone comment on what fink --version is saying?] So... Here is all the output of the fink selfupdate, for the record (trimmed to show examples of each kind of output line due to length): [msp-65-29-22-81:/sw/fink] root# fink selfupdate Your Fink installation is set up to update package descriptions directly from CVS. Do you want to use this setup and update now? [Y/n] Y I will now run the cvs command to retrieve the latest package descriptions. After that, the core packages will be updated right away; you should then update the other packages using commands like 'fink update-all'. cvs -z3 update -d -P ? stamp-rel-0.3.2a ? dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo/curl-ssl-7.9-1.info ? dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo/curl-ssl-7.9.2-1.info ... ? dists/stable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/fvwm2-2.4.3-1.patch ? dists/stable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/fvwm2-no-gnome-2.4.3-1.info ? dists/stable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/pwm-20010309-1.info ? dists/stable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/pwm-20010309-1.patch ? dists/stable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/sawfish-1.0-1.info ? dists/stable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/sawfish-1.0-1.patch ? dists/stable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/windowmaker-0.70.0-3.info ? dists/stable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/windowmaker-0.70.0-3.patch ? dists/stable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/windowmaker-0.80.0-1.info ? dists/stable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/windowmaker-0.80.0-1.patch ? dists/unstable/net ? dists/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/anubis-1.0.2-1.info ? dists/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/anubis-1.0.2-1.patch ? dists/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/curl-ssl-7.9-1.info ? dists/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/curl-ssl-7.9.2-1.info ... ? dists/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/dcmtk-ssl-3.5.1-1.info ? dists/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/ettercap-ssl-0.6.0-1.info ? dists/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/ettercap-ssl-0.6.0-1.patch ? dists/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/gabber-ssl-0.8.4-5.info ... ? dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/windowmaker-0.70.0-3.info ? dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/windowmaker-0.70.0-3.patch ? dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/windowmaker-0.80.0-1.info ? dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/windowmaker-0.80.0-1.patch cvs server: Updating . C VERSION cvs server: Updating dists cvs server: Updating dists/stable cvs server: Updating dists/stable/crypto cvs server: Updating dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo M dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo/egd-0.8-1.info M dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo/gnupg-egd-1.0.6-2.info M dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo/ircii-20010612-1.info M dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo/lynx-ssl-2.8.4-1.info cvs server: conflict: dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo/mutt-ssl-1.3.24i-1.info is modified but no longer in the repository C dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo/mutt-ssl-1.3.24i-1.info cvs server: Updating dists/stable/main cvs server: Updating dists/stable/main/finkinfo cvs server: Updating dists/stable/main/finkinfo/base M dists/stable/main/finkinfo/base/anacron-2.3-3.info cvs server: conflict: dists/stable/main/finkinfo/base/gzip-1.2.4a-5.info is modified but no longer in the repository C dists/stable/main/finkinfo/base/gzip-1.2.4a-5.info M dists/stable/main/finkinfo/base/tar-1.13.19-1.info cvs server: Updating dists/stable/main/finkinfo/database cvs server: Updating dists/stable/main/finkinfo/devel ... M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/web/tidy-4aug00-1.info cvs server: Updating dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11 M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11/bbpager-0.3.0-1.info M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11/eterm-0.9-1.info M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11/icemc-0.2.1-3.info M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11/ttfmkfontdir-1.0-1.info M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11/type1inst-0.6.1-3.info M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11/xearth-1.1-1.info M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11/xv-3.10a-2.info M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11/xwrits-2.16-1.info cvs server: Updating dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-system M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-system/rman-3.0.9-2.info cvs server: Updating dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/fvwm-1.24r-3.info M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/oroborus2-2.0.4-1.info M dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/sawfish-1.0.1-1.info ### cvs failed, exit code 1 Failed: Updating using CVS failed. Check the error messages above. [msp-65-29-22-81:/sw/fink] root# Thanks! Joel ----- End of forwarded message from Joel L. Breazeale ----- _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
