hi martin/list, i just realised i was playing around with the /tmp directory the other day and as a consequence had some funky symlinks doing some bad things. but thatnks to some expert help i've got it all running, so fink updates its self ok now. thanks everyone for all their help!
leonard, On 11/05/2007, at 4:32 PM, Martin Costabel wrote: > leonard stall wrote: >> hi, >> i'm trying to install fink for the first time on os x g4 10.4.9, >> but the selfupdate (using rsync) fails, i get this error: >> ./Services/execute_nonroot_okay........ok 5/12mktemp: mkdtemp >> failed on /tmp/execute_nonroot_okay.t_bFEGD: No such file or >> directory >> FAILED--Further testing stopped: Cannot create scratchdir > > This could be a problem with permissions in your /tmp directory. > What do you get from > > ls -la /tmp /private > > -- > Martin > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
