Monic Polynomial wrote: > On 23/04/2009, at 08:30, Javier Arantegui wrote: > >> I just did "fink selfupdate" to update my Maxima and wxMaxima >> installation. It seemed to be fine but when I typed "fink update-all" >> I got this: >> >> >> udlnet-00-176:~ javier$ fink update-all >> Information about 8723 packages read in 0 seconds. >> The following 7 packages will be installed or updated: >> fontconfig2-dev fontconfig2-shlibs maxima pdflib6 pdflib6-shlibs >> wxmaxima-mac >> xmaxima >> curl --connect-timeout 30 -f -L -A 'fink/0.29.2' -O >> http://distfiles.ber.de.eu.finkmirrors.net/make-crappy-la-files-if-necessary-thanks-apple-really.sh >> % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time >> Time Current >> Dload Upload Total Spent >> Left Speed >> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- >> --:--:-- 0 >> curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 >> ### execution of curl failed, exit code 22 >> Downloading the file "make-crappy-la-files-if-necessary-thanks-apple- >> really.sh" >> failed. >> >> (1) Give up >> (2) Retry the same mirror >> (3) Retry another mirror from your continent >> (4) Retry another mirror >> >> >> Is this normal? >> "make-crappy-la-files-if-necessary-thanks-apple-really.sh" doesn't >> sound like a regular file. >> > > > That would be developers venting their frustrations on problems with > Apple and .la files. :) Don’t worry. > > The file in question hasn’t reached the mirror you’re downloading > from. Feel free to retry another mirror. > > > Cheers, > > -- > monipol > > However, this does point out a continuing issue: if one selects "Use closest mirror first", in practice it's the same result as "Never use master mirrors", i.e. one doesn't have the option to use a Master mirror at all.
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