Hello -
I have been waiting for the window version of fink to be released
(Fink Commander) before starting to use fink - here it is, so I
decided to give Fink a try. I have done much svr4 & solaris work
over the years, so I did not want to jump into the debbian
packaging too quickly since I was so familiar with svr4 pkgadd.
I have the following installed:
MacOSX 10.1.4 installed
Fink Package Manager 0.9.11
Fink Distribution 0.4.0
A previous user posting seems to be having the same problem that I have.
Fink appears to be dying on download of XFree86-base and XFree86-rootless.
The previous response indicated that the "prdownloads" does not work
anymore and to do a "fink self-update".
I did the "fink self-update", but I am still getting the "prdownloads"
instead of a mirror.
I have included the detail below.
Help!
Thanks,
David J. Halko
--------------------
XFree86 install bombs big time.
> [localhost:~] root# fink install xfree86-base
> Reading package info...
> Information about 427 packages read in 3 seconds.
> rm -rf xfree86-base-4.2.0-4
> mkdir -p /sw/src/xfree86-base-4.2.0-4
> tar -xzf /sw/src/X420src-1.tgz
>
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> ### tar failed, exit code 2
> Unpacking the tarball X420src-1.tgz of package xfree86-base-4.2.0-4
failed.
> The most likely cause for this is a corrupted or incomplete download.
Do you
> want to delete the tarball and download it again? [Y/n] Y
> rm -f /sw/src/X420src-1.tgz
> curl -f -L -s -S -O http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/X420src-1.tgz
> tar -xzf /sw/src/X420src-1.tgz
>
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> ### tar failed, exit code 2
> Unpacking the tarball X420src-1.tgz of package xfree86-base-4.2.0-4
failed.
> The most likely cause for this is a corrupted or incomplete download.
Do you
> want to delete the tarball and download it again? [Y/n]
> rm -f /sw/src/X420src-1.tgz
> curl -f -L -s -S -O http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/X420src-1.tgz
> tar -xzf /sw/src/X420src-1.tgz
>
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> ### tar failed, exit code 2
> Unpacking the tarball X420src-1.tgz of package xfree86-base-4.2.0-4
failed.
> The most likely cause for this is a corrupted or incomplete download.
Do you
> want to delete the tarball and download it again? [y/N]
> Failed: unpacking tarball X420src-1.tgz of package
xfree86-base-4.2.0-4 failed
I have checked all of the historical messages & faq's - someone
had this problem a few days ago and someone said to do a:
fink selfupdate
But this appeared to do nothing... tried the XFree86 install after this
with same results.
> [localhost:~] root# fink selfupdate
>
> (1) Delete it and download again
> (2) Assume it is a partial download and try to continue
> (3) Don't download, use existing file
>
> The file "LATEST-FINK" already exists, how do you want to proceed? [1]
> rm -f LATEST-FINK
> curl -f -L -s -S -O http://fink.sourceforge.net/LATEST-FINK
>
> You already have the package descriptions from the latest Fink point
release.
> (installed:0.4.0 available:0.4.0)
_______________________________________________________________
Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference
August 25-28 in Las Vegas -- http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm
_______________________________________________
Fink-beginners mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
