On 9/18/05, Joachim Noreiko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- "Alexander K. Hansen" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Edit /sw/etc/fink.conf as the superuser, such as via > > running "sudo > > pico /sw/etc/fink.conf" In a terminal window. Then > > remove the line > > that says "SelfupdateMethod: cvs" (or "rsync", > > whichever it is). Then > > save your file: (in pico hit Control-X, then hit y, > > then hit return). > > Now run "fink selfupdate" again, and select option > > 3. > > Thanks for your advice. > Not long after I posted to the list I reread that > documentation page & realised its parent said it was > for source only! > > Anyway, I've just done what you suggest above. > > fink spent a long time downloading & then I got pages > of messages like this: > /bin/cp -f libksba8.info > /sw/fink/10.3/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/; /bin/chmod > 644 > /sw/fink/10.3/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/libksba8.info > > after that, I got these warnings: > > Reading package info... > WARNING: End of file reached during here-document in > ""/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/template-pm-2.08-25.info"". > WARNING: Unable to parse the line "<<" at line 103 of > info2 of > "/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/template-pm-2.08-25.info". > WARNING: End of file reached during here-document in > ""/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/template-pm.info"". > WARNING: Unable to parse the line "<<" at line 89 of > info2 of > "/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/template-pm.info". > Updating package index... done. > > > and then eventually the same make error: > ### execution of make failed, exit code -1 > > So I tried apt-get update followed by apt-get > dist-upgrade, as explained here: > http://fink.sourceforge.net/download/upgrade.php > > apt-get dist-upgrade told me to run apt-get -f > install. I did that, then tried again with apt-get > dist-upgrade. > > I got no error messages, but my version is still given > as: > Package manager version: 0.21.3 > Distribution version: 0.7.2 > > How can I get to 0.8.0? > Hmmm...the binary upgrade options are _supposed_ to work (at least that's what I was told when i asked about it, and didn't change the documentation as a result) when crossing OS versions--though maybe running "fink selfupdate" confused it.
Fink doesn't realize you're on 10.4 yet. Try running "/sw/lib/fink/postinstall.pl" from the command line--this script detects your OS version as part of it's function--and try using "apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade" again. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
