On 3/11/06, Brian O'Keefe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tried updating xorg to 6.8.2-25 and the update hung on "replacing
> xorg-... with xorg-6.8.2-25" so I terminated and tried to start X.

Incredibly bad idea.  It probably wasn't "hung"--there are a lot of
files and it probably wasn't done yeet.

I got
> a message that xorg needed rebuilding so I did that and got an error
> below. I tried reinstalling and got the error below. I tried installing
> but there's no package. Any help?
> OSX 10.3.9
>
> mkdir -p /sw/src/fink.build/root-xorg-6.8.2-25/private
> mv /sw/src/fink.build/root-xorg-6.8.2-25/etc 
> /sw/src/fink.build/root-xorg-6.8.2-25/private
> mv: cannot stat `/sw/src/fink.build/root-xorg-6.8.2-25/etc': No such
> file or directory
> ### execution of mv failed, exit code 1

This class of error is in the FAQ:

http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/comp-general.php?phpLang=en#mv-failed

> Removing build lock...
> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-xorg-6.8.2-25
> (Reading database ... 171828 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing fink-buildlock-xorg-6.8.2-25 ...
> Failed: phase installing: xorg-6.8.2-25 failed
> Before reporting any errors, please run "fink selfupdate"
>
> I did the self update.
>
>
> brianoke% startx
> 2006-03-10 18:48:15.871 XDarwin[14256] No Info.plist file in application
> bundle or no NSPrincipalClass in the Info.plist file, exiting
> giving up.
> xinit: Connection refused (errno 61): unable to connect to X server
>
>

The application bundle got broken, possibly when you terminated the install.

> The following package will be reinstalled:
> xorg
> Failed: can't find package xorg_6.8.2-25_darwin-powerpc.deb
>
> [Brian-OKeefes-Computer:~] brianoke% fink install xorg
> Information about 5792 packages read in 13 seconds.
> No packages to install.
>
>

Try "fink --no-use-b rebuild xorg xorg-shlibs"

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Alexander K. Hansen
Fink Documenter
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