Do your permissions for /sw/fink look like this (from ls -l): drwxr-xr-x 15 root admin 510 Oct 17 12:27 fink ?
Make sure you aren't missing write permission. On Fri, 2002-11-01 at 10:42, Peter wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to upgrade fink on MacOS 10.1.5 to get in-sync with some packages. >Unfortunately the command 'fink selfupdate-cvs' fails with an error: > > ... > cvs [update aborted]: cannot open .new.ChangeLog: Permission denied > ### su failed, exit code 1 > Failed: Updating using CVS failed. > ... > > I have no idea where to look for. Do I miss something? Do I have set permissions >wrong on my machine? All files in /sw do have root/admin permissions, which I assume >is correct? > Could someone give me a hint? Thanks. > > Regards, > Peter van der Post > > Notes: (1) fink --version: Package manager version: 0.9.12; Distribution version: >0.4.0.cvs > (2) same problem when trying to upgrade via fink commander. > (3) terminal messages > -------- start of terminal output ------ > > [localhost:/sw/src] % fink selfupdate-cvs > sudo /sw/bin/fink selfupdate-cvs > Password: > > I will now run the cvs command to retrieve the latest package descriptions. > The 'su' command will be used to run the cvs command as the user 'pepo'. > After that, the core packages will be updated right away; you should then > update the other packages using commands like 'fink update-all'. > > su **** -c 'cvs -z3 update -d -P' > ? dists/stable/crypto/finkinfo/curl-ssl-7.8.1-2.info > > [... skipped similar messages, it's a long list...] > > ? dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/sawfish-1.0-1.info > ? dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/sawfish-1.0-1.patch > ? dists/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/windowmaker-0.65.1-1.info > cvs server: Updating . > P ChangeLog > cvs [update aborted]: cannot open .new.ChangeLog: Permission denied > ### su failed, exit code 1 > Failed: Updating using CVS failed. Check the error messages above. > [localhost:/sw/src] % > -------- end of terminal output ------ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm > Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > -- Alexander K. Hansen Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center Levitated Dipole Experiment 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: See the NEW Palm Tungsten T handheld. Power & Color in a compact size! http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?palm0001en _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
