Phillip R Smith wrote:
> On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Alexander K. Hansen wrote:
>
>>>> Phillip R Smith wrote:
>>>>> On my list I had to update fink BEFORE I installed Leopard on the G5
>>>>>
>>>>> But I didn't
>>>>>
>>>>> So can a kind individual help me with what I need to do now? ...
>>>
>>> Which leaves this question....  How do you rescue a fink 0.27.6 on
>>> Leopard...
>>>
>> You might have to do a manual update.  If you don't have
>> fink-0.27.7.tar.gz on your system, download it.   Once you have that,
>> unpack it, enter the top-level directory, and run "./inject.pl"
>
> Thanks!  However, things seem not to have gone as required ....
>
> mcrc13-24> ./inject.pl
> /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/env
> PERL5LIB='/sw/lib/perl5:/sw/lib/perl5/darwin' ./inject.pl /sw
> Password:
> Adding local/injected to the Trees line in fink.conf...
> Creating fink tarball...
>
> <skip>
>
> Installing package...
>
> /sw/bin/fink install fink-0.27.7-41
>
> <skip>
>
> carrUnpacking replacement fink ...
> Setting up fink (0.27.7-41) ...
> Checking system... powerpc-apple-darwin9.0.0
> This is the first fink release which can be used with Mac OS X 10.5.  We
> support bootstrapping with this version, and we expect that upgrading
> from 10.4
> will go smoothly with this version.  However, DIRECT UPGRADING FROM
> 10.4-transitional, 10.3 OR EARLIER IS NOT SUPPORTED.
> ln -s 10.4 /sw/fink/10.5
> ln -s 10.5 /sw/fink/dists
> Scanning package description files.
>
> Updating the list of locally available binary packages.
> Scanning dists/local/injected/binary-darwin-powerpc
> New package:
> dists/local/injected/binary-darwin-powerpc/fink_0.27.7-41_darwin-powerpc.deb
>
> Downloading the indexes of available packages in the binary distribution.
> /sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait -q update
> Err file: local/main Packages
>   File not found
> Ign file: local/main Release
> Err file: stable/main Packages
>   File not found
> Ign file: stable/main Release
> Err file: stable/crypto Packages
>   File not found
> Ign file: stable/crypto Release
> Failed to fetch
> file:/sw/fink/dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages  File
> not found
> Failed to fetch
> file:/sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/PackagesFile not
> found
> Failed to fetch
> file:/sw/fink/dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages  File
> not found
> Reading Package Lists...
> Building Dependency Tree...
> E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old
> ones used instead.
> ### execution of /sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait failed, exit code 100
> WARNING: Failure while updating indexes.
>
> Your Fink installation in '/sw' was updated with a new fink package.
>
> mcrc13-25> fink reinstall finkScanning package description files.
> Information about 206 packages read in 0 seconds.
> The following package will be reinstalled:
>  fink
> Reading buildlock packages...
> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i
> /sw/fink/dists/local/injected/binary-darwin-powerpc/fink_0.27.7-41_darwin-powerpc.deb
>
> (Reading database ... 7155 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace fink 0.27.7-41 (using
> .../fink_0.27.7-41_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement fink ...
> Setting up fink (0.27.7-41) ...
> Checking system... powerpc-apple-darwin9.0.0
> This is the first fink release which can be used with Mac OS X 10.5.  We
> support bootstrapping with this version, and we expect that upgrading
> from 10.4
> will go smoothly with this version.  However, DIRECT UPGRADING FROM
> 10.4-transitional, 10.3 OR EARLIER IS NOT SUPPORTED.
> ln -s 10.4 /sw/fink/10.5
> ln: /sw/fink/10.5/10.4: File exists
> ### execution of ln failed, exit code 1
> ERROR: Can't create link from 10.4 to /sw/fink/10.5
> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing fink (--install):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  fink
> ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1
> Failed: can't install package fink-0.27.7-41
> mcrc13-26> fink update fink
> Scanning package description files.
> Information about 206 packages read in 1 seconds.
> The following package will be installed or updated:
>  fink
> Reading buildlock packages...
> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i
> /sw/fink/dists/local/injected/binary-darwin-powerpc/fink_0.27.7-41_darwin-powerpc.deb
>
> (Reading database ... 7155 files and directories currently installed.)
> Preparing to replace fink 0.27.7-41 (using
> .../fink_0.27.7-41_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
> Unpacking replacement fink ...
> Setting up fink (0.27.7-41) ...
> Checking system... powerpc-apple-darwin9.0.0
> This is the first fink release which can be used with Mac OS X 10.5.  We
> support bootstrapping with this version, and we expect that upgrading
> from 10.4
> will go smoothly with this version.  However, DIRECT UPGRADING FROM
> 10.4-transitional, 10.3 OR EARLIER IS NOT SUPPORTED.
> ln -s 10.4 /sw/fink/10.5
> ln: /sw/fink/10.5/10.4: File exists
> ### execution of ln failed, exit code 1
> ERROR: Can't create link from 10.4 to /sw/fink/10.5
> /sw/bin/dpkg: error processing fink (--install):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  fink
> ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1
> Failed: can't install package fink-0.27.7-41
> mcrc13-27>
>
>
Hmm...since it should just be linking 10.5 -> 10.4, you might be able to
get away with moving /sw/fink/10.5 out of the way, and then do a "fink
reinstall fink"

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