I forgot to ask what version of fink are you using & which version of mac os are you using (10.2? Or 10.1?). If you changed from 10.1 to 10.2 you may have to update fink through a different procedure. Or that is what it used to say on the web site. -- HTH, Stanley Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 12/4/02 8:35 AM, "Don Lavelle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to self update, but I get this: > > [localhost:~] dlavelle% fink selfupdate > sudo /sw/bin/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. > The 'su' command will be used to run the cvs command as the user > 'dlavelle'. > After that, the core packages will be updated right away; you should > then > update the other packages using commands like 'fink update-all'. > > su dlavelle -c 'cvs -z3 update -d -P' > cvs [update aborted]: reading README: Permission denied > ### execution of su failed, exit code 1 > Failed: Updating using CVS failed. Check the error messages above. > > I'm assuming this means I probably did something silly, but how do I > fix it? (For all intents and purposes, I'm the only user on this > machine.) > > TIA, > Don Lavelle > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Visual Studio.NET > comprehensive development tool, built to increase your > productivity. Try a free online hosted session at: > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?micr0003en > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Visual Studio.NET comprehensive development tool, built to increase your productivity. Try a free online hosted session at: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?micr0003en _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
