On 1/20/06, Brian Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, I am new to the list and definately a Fink newbie. I am trying to
> upgrade Fink to version 0.8.0, as I am running 10.4.4. I have tried to
> follow the instructions at:
>
> http://fink.sourceforge.net/index.php?phpLang=en
>
> Here is what happened:
>
> $ fink selfupdate
> /usr/bin/sudo /sw/bin/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 "CURRENT-FINK-10.3" already exists. How do you want to proceed? [1]
> 1
> curl -f -L -O http://fink.sourceforge.net/CURRENT-FINK-10.3
>  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time
> Current
>                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
>  0    11    0    11    0     0     25      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--
> 0
>
> I will now download the package descriptions for Fink 10.3-0.7.2 and update
> the core packages. After that, you should update the other packages using
> commands like 'fink update-all'.
>
> curl -f -L -O
> http://west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/fink/dists-10.3-0.7.2.tar.gz
>
> curl: (7) couldn't connect to host
> ### execution of curl failed, exit code 7
> Downloading the file "dists-10.3-0.7.2.tar.gz" failed.
>
> (1)      Give up
> (2)      Retry the same mirror
> (3)      Retry another mirror from your country
> (4)      Retry another mirror from your continent
> (5)      Retry another mirror
>
> How do you want to proceed? [3] 3
> curl -f -L -O
> http://aleron.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/fink/dists-10.3-0.7.2.tar.gz
>  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time
> Current
>                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
> 4200   390  4200 12685    0     0   7883      0 --:--:--  0:00:01 --:--:--
> 24042
> tar -xzf dists-10.3-0.7.2.tar.gz
>
> gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
> tar: Child returned status 1
> tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> ### execution of tar failed, exit code 2
> Failed: unpacking dists-10.3-0.7.2.tar.gz failed
> $ fink --version
> Package manager version: 0.21.3
> Distribution version: 0.7.1
>
> $ sudo /sw/lib/fink/postinstall.pl
> Checking system... powerpc-apple-darwin8.4.0
> This system was not released at the time this Fink release was made.
> Prerelease versions of Mac OS X might work with Fink, but there are no
> guarantees.
> ln -s 10.3 /sw/fink/dists
> $ fink --version
> Package manager version: 0.21.3
> Distribution version: 0.7.1
>
> -snip-
>
> So where do I go from here?? Help!!!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian.

The second mirror also gave you a bad file.  Just keep trying mirrors.

--
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documenter
[Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment
http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/


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