Ben Abbott wrote: > On Feb 28, 2008, at 6:38 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: >> >> Ben Abbott wrote: >> > I'm running OS X 10.4.11 (PPC) behind a corporate firewall, with no >> > external excess to cvs or rysnc :-( >> > >> > So I downloaded to fink-0.28.0.tar.gz, unpacked and ran ./inject.pl >> > >> > It all appeared to go ok. However, when I attempted a *UPDATE-ALL* I >> > got the message below. >> > >> > WARNING: unable to determine last selfupdate time. You should run >> > 'fink selfupdate' to get the latest package descriptions. >> > No packages to install >> > >> > In the event it may be relevant the output from inject.pl is below. >> > >> > Any ideas what I might do to get back up an running? >> > >> > Ben >> > >> > >> I don't think inject.pl does everything that a selfupdate would. As >> best as I can tell, that just updates fink itself. A few ideas: >> >> Can you get binaries? >> >> Have you tried the cvs-proxy package? >> >> Also, if you can get binaries, you could use an unofficial binary >> distribution: http://fink.sodan.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/item/14 >> > Alex, > > I've read over the link, but couldn't understand how it can effect my > fink selfupdate problem. > > Then I reread my post and noticed a typo. It should have read > >> > It all appeared to go ok. However, when I attempted a *UPDATE-ALL* I >> > got the message below. >> > >> > WARNING: unable to determine last selfupdate time. You should run >> > 'fink selfupdate' to get the latest package descriptions. >> > No packages to install > > Sorry for the confusion. Any thoughts? > > Ben > [oops--replied to the moderation message. D'oh!]
Actually I figured that. If you set up to use the Todai repository, you can download _binaries_, provided that your firewall will tolerate your doing that. Instead of doing "fink selfupdate ; fink-update-all" to update, you'll do "sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get dist-upgrade". Basically if you can't get cvs or rsync to go, there's not currently a viable "fink selfupdate" mechanism, so downloading binaries via http is probably what you're stuck with. The todai site has a good fraction of 10.4/unstable available. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
