OK, I see the problem. Our script checks that the value starts with
"10.4." which would be appropriate for everything except the original
(where the .0 is not supplied).
Since you have some experience with Unix things, you should be able
to fix this as follows. Open (i.e., mount) the .dmg file which
contains the installer, then copy the actual installer program "Fink
0.8.1 Installer.pkg" to your main disk. (The copy is needed because
the .dmg virtual disk is write protected.)
From the terminal, cd to "Fink 0.8.1 Installer.pkg". (This is one
of the interesting advances of OS X, and NeXTStep before it: certain
directories are presented to the GUI user as if they were single
files. The .pkg is actually a directory.)
Within that directory, you will find Contents/Resources. Inside the
Resources directory is a (perl) script called InstallationCheck.
You'll probably need to use sudo to edit it (or change its
permissions before editing).
The offending line is
if ($OSXVersion !~ /^\Q$target_OSX./) {
which should have the period removed from it:
if ($OSXVersion !~ /^\Q$target_OSX/) {
After making that change, you should be able to install on 10.4.0.
We'll fix this for the next installer.
-- Dave
On Oct 18, 2006, at 9:10 PM, bcsi wrote:
> The value 10.4 is reported from 'defaults read /System/Library/
> CoreServices/SystemVersion ProductUserVisibleVersion'.
>
> I really appreciate your quick interest in resolving this. I'm glad
> to provide the requested information.
>
> Out of curiousity, does the installer have fairly straightforward
> source code, with comments or documentation that an outsider might
> follow?
>
> Thanks, Dave.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "David R. Morrison"
> To: bcsi
> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:45:30 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Fink cannot be installed on this
> computer.
>
>
> On Oct 18, 2006, at 7:50 PM, bcsi wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the reply, Alexander -
>>
>> The correct version 8A428 is reported by 'defaults read /System/
>> Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion ProductBuildVersion' in a
>> Terminal window.
>>
>
> What do you get from 'defaults read /System/Library/CoreServices/
> SystemVersion ProductUserVisibleVersion' ?
>
> -- Dave
>
>
>
>
>
>
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