[MacBookPro, OS 10.4.11]
I use fink off-and-on. Today when I tried to do a "fink install", I was
politely warned: WARNING: your info file index has not been updated for
108 days. You should run 'fink selfupdate' to get the latest package
descriptions.
Sounded like a good idea, but when I run "sudo fink selfupdate", I fail,
with errors copied here:
********************
{summer:/sw/bin}72 bobw$ sudo fink selfupdate
rsync -az -v
rsync://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//TIMESTAMP
/sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp
receiving file list ... done
TIMESTAMP
sent 65 bytes received 140 bytes 136.67 bytes/sec
total size is 11 speedup is 0.05
I will now run the rsync command to retrieve the latest package
descriptions.
/usr/bin/su unknown -c "rsync -rtz --delete-after --delete -v
--include='10.4/' --include='10.4/stable/' --include='10.4/stable/main/'
--include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/'
--include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/*/'
--include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/*'
--include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/'
--include='10.4/stable/' --include='10.4/stable/crypto/'
--include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/'
--include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*/'
--include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*'
--include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/'
--include='10.4/unstable/' --include='10.4/unstable/main/'
--include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/'
--include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/*/'
--include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/*'
--include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/'
--include='10.4/unstable/' --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/'
--include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/'
--include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/*/'
--include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/*'
--include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/**/*' --include='VERSION'
--include='DISTRIBUTION' --include='README' --exclude='**'
'rsync://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/'"
### execution of /usr/bin/su failed, exit code 1
Updating using rsync failed. Check the error messages above.
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The key is doubtless the "execution of /usr/bin/su failed, exit code 1"
bit. 'su' works, and I'm empowered:
{summer:/sw/bin}73 bobw$ su
Password:
summer:/sw/bin root#
summer:/sw/bin root# exit
So I don't understand in what sense su has failed. Any hints with this?
But that's not the end of my worries. If I ignore the warning to
update, and go ahead with the install, I also fail to get to 1st base:
{summer:/sw/bin}75 bobw$ sudo fink install php5
Information about 7049 packages read in 1 seconds.
WARNING: your info file index has not been updated for 108 days. You
should run 'fink selfupdate' to get the latest
package descriptions.
fink needs help picking an alternative to satisfy a virtual dependency.
The candidates:
[... several choices for picking alternatives to satisfy a virtual
dependency...accept defaults...then, after a few tries]
100 481k 100 481k 0 0 116k 0 0:00:04 0:00:04
--:--:-- 124k
curl --connect-timeout 30 -f -L -A 'fink/0.28.3' -P - -O
ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/imap/old/imap-2006k.tar.Z
curl: (7) couldn't connect to host
### execution of curl failed, exit code 7
Downloading the file "imap-2006k.tar.Z" failed.
[...and several retries don't improve the situation...]
About connectivity generally, I can say that email works fine (I'm using
it right now), and web-connectivity seems unimpaired. Any reason why
`curl` should not be able to connect? Any way of specifically testing
`curl` connectivity?
Thanks for help with either error,
Bob Wohlhueter
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