On 25 Oct 2009, at 20:59, Alexander Hansen wrote:

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> Geoff Down wrote:
>> On 25 Oct 2009, at 20:09, Alexander Hansen wrote:
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>>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>
> OK.  I don't know if the backup binary distribution carries 10.3 stuff,
> since we haven't supported that in over a year.
>
> Don't bother with selfupdate-cvs or selfupdate-rsync, then.  Just make
> sure that your /sw/etc/apt/sources.list file has the same mirror listed
> in it as /sw/etc/fink.conf .
>
> - --
> Alexander Hansen
>


Mirror-apt matches. Do any of the others need to?

# Local modifications should either go above this line, or at the end.
#
# Default APT sources configuration for Fink, written by the fink 
program

# Local package trees - packages built from source locally
# NOTE: this is automatically kept in sync with the Trees: line in
# /sw/etc/fink.conf
# NOTE: run 'fink scanpackages' to update the corresponding Packages.gz 
files
deb file:/sw/fink local main
deb file:/sw/fink stable main crypto

# Official binary distribution: download location for packages
# from the latest release
deb http://fink-bindist.gecko.ig42.org 10.3/release main crypto

# Official binary distribution: download location for updated
# packages built between releases
deb http://fink-bindist.gecko.ig42.org 10.3/current main crypto


# 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-bindist.gecko.ig42.org
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
SelfUpdateMethod: rsync

But still it is trying a mirror that isn't even listed above!
fink -b install ircii
/usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/cc1plus is not executable!
Information about 2130 packages read in 3 seconds.
The following package will be installed or updated:
  ircii
curl -f -L -O 
http://distfiles.sfo.ca.us.finkmirrors.net/ircii-20030709.tar.bz2


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