Snip... > > That's very odd, considering that the same version xml-parser-pm581 > seems to be available across the board: > > http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/xml-parser-pm581 > > If your Fink installation is way out of date then you probably need to > update a lot of stuff. "update-all" won't cut it, since it only > updates based on the package descriptions currently on your system. > Run a "fink selfupdate" and select the rsync method to get new package > descriptions. That should move you along. > -- > Alexander K. Hansen > Fink Documenter > [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment > http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/
I have already tried this (fink selfupdate). > > I have tried fink reinstall fink, fink selfupdate, fink rebuild fink and > > many more. but it fails with screen loads of complaints - here is a sample, the complete transcript below: ... C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-simple-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-twig-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-twig-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci/xcircuit.patch; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci/xcircuit.patch ### execution of /usr/bin/su failed, exit code 1 Failed: Updating using CVS failed. Check the error messages above. Any ideas? Thanks, SA >mogadon:/Users/matt root# fink selfupdate // I truncated some boring bits to get in the 35k post limit... 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 'matt'. After that, the core packages will be updated right away; you should then update the other packages using commands like 'fink update-all'. /usr/bin/su matt -c 'cvs -q -z3 update -d -P' ? stamp-rel-0.7.0 ? 10.3/stable/crypto/finkinfo/cadaver-ssl-0.20.5-11.info ? 10.3/stable/crypto/finkinfo/cyrus-sasl2-2.1.13-12.info ? 10.3/stable/crypto/finkinfo/cyrus-sasl2-2.1.13-12.patch ... ... ? 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/fvwm2-no-gnome-2.4.15-11.info ? 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/windowmaker-0.80.1-3.info ? 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/windowmaker-0.80.1-3.patch ? 10.3/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/cadaver-ssl-0.20.5-11.info ? 10.3/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/ccrypt.info ... ... ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/libwww-pm560.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/libwww-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/libxml-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/lingua-en-numbers-ordinate-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/lingua-preferred-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/log-tracemsgs-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/mac-carbon-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/mail-folder-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/mail-folder-pm.patch ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/memoize-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/mime-base64-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/mime-lite-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/module-signature-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/module-signature-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/mp3-info-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/net-google-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/net-irc-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/par-dist-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/params-validate-pm580.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/params-validate-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/pilot-link9-perl-0.11.7-2.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/pilot-link9-perl.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/podparser-pm-1.21-1.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/proc-processtable-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/scalar-list-utils-pm-1.11-4.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/scalar-list-utils-pm-1.11-5.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/scalar-list-utils-pm560-1.11-2.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/scalar-list-utils-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/shout2-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/soap-lite-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/string-shellquote-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/template-notex-pm-2.08-14.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/template-notex-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/template-pm-2.08-14.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/template-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/term-progressbar-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/term-readkey-pm560-2.21-2.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/term-readkey-pm580-2.21-2.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/term-readkey-pm581-2.21-1.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/term-readline-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/test-harness-pm-2.26-2.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/test-simple-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/text-iconv-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/tie-ixhash-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/time-hires-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/tk-lcd-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/tk-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/unicode-map-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/unicode-string-pm560-2.07-2.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/unicode-string-pm580-2.07-3.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/unicode-string-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/uri-pm560.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/uri-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/user-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/www-search-altavista-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/www-search-ebay-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/www-search-google-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/www-search-hotbot-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/www-search-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-dom-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-node-pm560.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-node-pm580.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-node-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-parser-pm580.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-parser-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-regexp-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-sax-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-sax-pm.patch ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-simple-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-twig-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-writer-pm581.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xmms-pm.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/net/bittorrent-nox.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/net/bittorrent-nox.patch ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/net/dante.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/net/dante.patch ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/net/darkstat-2.5-2.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/net/darkstat-2.5-2.patch ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/net/gnomemeeting-0.98.0-10.info ... ... ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11/pmw-py23.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11/pmw-py23.patch ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11/xforms.patch ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11/xscreensaver-gtk2.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/enlightenment-0.16.5-9.info ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/enlightenment-0.16.5-9.patch ? 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/fvwm2-no-gnome.info cvs update: move away 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/compress-zlib-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/compress-zlib-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/dbd-mysql-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/dbd-mysql-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/dbi-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/dbi-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/html-parser-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/html-parser-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/libwww-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/libwww-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/libxml-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/libxml-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/template-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/template-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/term-readkey-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/term-readkey-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/text-iconv-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/text-iconv-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/unicode-string-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/unicode-string-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-parser-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/stable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-parser-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/io-socket-ssl-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/io-socket-ssl-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/gnome/gok.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/gnome/gok.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/kde/kde-i18n-lithuanian.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/kde/kde-i18n-lithuanian.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/kde/kde-i18n-northern-sami.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/kde/kde-i18n-northern-sami.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/bio-emboss-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/bio-emboss-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/dbd-pg-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/dbd-pg-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/email-find-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/email-find-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/email-valid-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/email-valid-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/exporter-lite-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/exporter-lite-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/finch-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/finch-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/gd-graph-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/gd-graph-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/html-fromtext-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/html-fromtext-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/io-tty-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/io-tty-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/libxml-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/libxml-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/mime-base64-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/mime-base64-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/template-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/template-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/term-progressbar-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/term-progressbar-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/text-iconv-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/text-iconv-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/tk-lcd-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/tk-lcd-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/tk-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/tk-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-dom-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-dom-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-sax-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-sax-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-sax-pm.patch; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-sax-pm.patch cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-simple-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-simple-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-twig-pm.info; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/perlmods/xml-twig-pm.info cvs update: move away 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci/xcircuit.patch; it is in the way C 10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/sci/xcircuit.patch ### execution of /usr/bin/su failed, exit code 1 Failed: Updating using CVS failed. Check the error messages above. mogadon:/Users/matt root# > That's very odd, considering that the same version xml-parser-pm581 > seems to be available across the board: > > http://pdb.finkproject.org/pdb/package.php/xml-parser-pm581 > > If your Fink installation is way out of date then you probably need to > update a lot of stuff. "update-all" won't cut it, since it only > updates based on the package descriptions currently on your system. > Run a "fink selfupdate" and select the rsync method to get new package > descriptions. That should move you along. > -- > Alexander K. Hansen > Fink Documenter > [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment > http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log > files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes > searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. 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