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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
