On 25 Oct 2009, at 20:09, Alexander Hansen wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Geoff Down wrote: >> >> On 25 Oct 2009, at 12:53, Alexander Hansen wrote: >> >>> Geoff Down wrote: >>>> >>>> On 25 Oct 2009, at 00:46, Alexander Hansen wrote: >>>> >>>>> Geoff Down wrote: >>>>>> On 24 Oct 2009, at 19:26, Alexander Hansen wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Please reply to the list, not just me. I'm not personal tech >>>>>>> support. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Sorry, I thought I was still on hold awaiting moderator approval. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> You may have to pick a new continent to get a new binary >>>>>>> distribution >>>>>>> mirror. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> That doesn't seem to give more options. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Either that, or I think you can manually change Mirror-apt in >>>>>>> /sw/etc/fink.conf (which you'll have to edit as a superuser) and >>>>>>> have >>>>>>> it >>>>>>> point to one of the following mirrors: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> http://fink.sodan.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/bindist/bindist >>>>>>> http://bindist.ber.de.eu.finkmirrors.net >>>>>>> http://ams.nl.eu.finkmirrors.net/bindist >>>>>>> http://sjc.ca.us.finkmirrors.net/bindist >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> All subdomains of finkmirrors.net are affected by the current >>>>>> outage, >>>>>> so it would have to be Japan. >>>>>> Having done that, it still is looking for bindist.finkmirrors.net >>>>>> for >>>>>> some reason: >>>>>> ============= >>>>>> fink -b install ircii >>>>>> >>>>>> Reading package info... >>>>>> Updating package index... /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/cc1plus >>>>>> is >>>>>> not executable! >>>>>> done. >>>>>> /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/cc1plus is not executable! >>>>>> Information about 2130 packages read in 72 seconds. >>>>>> The following package will be installed or updated: >>>>>> ircii >>>>>> /sw/bin/apt-get -q --ignore-breakage --download-only install >>>>>> ircii=20030709-1 >>>>>> /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/cc1plus is not executable! >>>>>> Reading Package Lists... >>>>>> Building Dependency Tree... >>>>>> The following NEW packages will be installed: >>>>>> ircii >>>>>> 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 22 not >>>>>> upgraded. >>>>>> Need to get 708kB of archives. After unpacking 4157kB will be >>>>>> used. >>>>>> Err http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/release/main ircii >>>>>> 20030709-1 >>>>>> Could not resolve 'bindist.finkmirrors.net' >>>>>> Failed to fetch >>>>>> http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/bindist/dists/fink-0.7.2/main/ >>>>>> binary- >>>>>> darwin-powerpc//net/ircii_20030709-1_darwin-powerpc.deb Could not >>>>>> resolve 'bindist.finkmirrors.net' >>>>>> E: Some files failed to download >>>>>> ### execution of /sw/bin/apt-get failed, exit code 100 >>>>>> Failed: Downloading the binary package >>>>>> 'ircii_20030709-1_darwin-powerpc.deb' failed. >>>>>> >>>>>> cat /sw/etc/fink.conf >>>>>> >>>>>> # Fink configuration, initially created by bootstrap.pl >>>>>> Basepath: /sw >>>>>> RootMethod: sudo >>>>>> Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto >>>>>> Distribution: 10.3 >>>>>> Mirror-apt: http://fink.sodan.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/bindist/bindist >>>>>> Mirror-cpan: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ >>>>>> Mirror-ctan: ftp://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/ >>>>>> Mirror-debian: ftp.debian.org >>>>>> Mirror-gimp: ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ >>>>>> Mirror-gnome: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/ >>>>>> Mirror-gnu: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu >>>>>> Mirror-kde: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/ >>>>>> Mirror-master: http://distfiles.bru.be.eu.finkmirrors.net/ >>>>>> Mirror-rsync: rsync://bru.be.eu.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo/ >>>>>> Mirror-sourceforge: http://west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ >>>>>> MirrorContinent: nam >>>>>> MirrorCountry: nam >>>>>> MirrorOrder: ClosestFirst >>>>>> ProxyPassiveFTP: true >>>>>> UseBinaryDist: true >>>>>> Verbose: 1 >>>>>> =========== >>>>>> >>>>> Run a "fink selfupdate" and also check /sw/etc/apt/sources.list. >>>>> >>>> >>>> OK, bearing in mind I don't know what any of these commands mean.... >>>> I tried this and was given a choice of update method, with the >>>> default >>>> being rsync. >>>> So I said yes, and it tried connecting to various URLs all on >>>> subdomains >>>> of finkmirrors.net - which of course failed. >>>> After that I tried rerunning selfupdate, but no longer got the >>>> choice of >>>> method - and rsync fails again. >>>> GD >>>> >>> >>> [Use the "Reply to All" function on your mailer to make sure it goes >>> to >>> the list. The list default is to reply to the last posting >>> individual.] >>> >>> Rsync is down. Use "fink selfupdate-cvs" to switch over to that >>> operaional mode. >>> >>> -- >>> Alexander Hansen >>> Fink User Liaison >>> >> >> "cvs: command not found" >> > > > That would be due to not having the Xcode Tools, and would have also > blocked you from using rsync updates. > > Also, you showed Distribution: 10.3 a while back. Are you on 10.3? >
ls -al /sw/fink total 120 drwxr-xr-x 7 root admin 238 25 Oct 19:38 . drwxr-xr-x 12 root admin 408 25 Oct 20:43 .. drwxr-xr-x 9 root admin 306 29 Jul 2007 10.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 0 25 Oct 20:43 README drwxr-xr-x 2 root admin 68 3 Jun 2005 debs lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 4 29 Jul 2007 dists -> 10.3 -rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 55760 25 Oct 19:37 override anything to do with compiling I may not have, since I don't compile. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
