-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 8/11/11 8:29 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > On 8/11/11 4:52 PM, Ryan S. Elliott wrote: >> Hello, > >> I'm using fink 0.31.0 with the unstable tree with Mac OS X >> v10.6.8 on a MacBookPro. > >> When I install the fvwm2-no-gnome package it installs fine, but >> when I try to run the fvwm2 command I get the message > >> /sw/bin/fvwm2: Too many levels of symbolic links. > >> Here is a listing of the command > >> <1 vc-213:~ >ll /sw/bin/fv* lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 25 May 4 >> 12:06 /sw/bin/fvwm -> /sw/etc/alternatives/fvwm -rwxr-xr-x 1 >> root admin 4478 May 4 12:11 /sw/bin/fvwm-bug -rwxr-xr-x 1 root >> admin 6950 May 4 12:11 /sw/bin/fvwm-config -rwxr-xr-x 1 root >> admin 9664 May 4 12:11 /sw/bin/fvwm-convert-2.4 -rwxr-xr-x 1 >> root admin 14482 May 4 12:11 /sw/bin/fvwm-convert-2.6 -rwxr-xr-x >> 1 root admin 52926 May 4 12:11 /sw/bin/fvwm-menu-desktop >> -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 23535 May 4 12:11 >> /sw/bin/fvwm-menu-directory -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 34772 May 4 >> 12:11 /sw/bin/fvwm-menu-headlines -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 7796 >> May 4 12:11 /sw/bin/fvwm-menu-xlock -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin >> 17434 May 4 12:11 /sw/bin/fvwm-perllib lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 9 >> Aug 11 15:39 /sw/bin/fvwm-root -> fvwm-root lrwxr-xr-x 1 root >> admin 4 Aug 11 15:39 /sw/bin/fvwm2 -> fvwm > >> And the command > >> <15 vc-213:~ >ll /sw/etc/alternatives/fv* lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin >> 13 May 4 12:06 /sw/etc/alternatives/fvwm -> /sw/bin/fvwm2 > >> Shows the infinte link loop. > > >> I know that cvs version 1.14 of fvwm2.info installs and works >> correctly on my machine, but the latest copule of versions give >> the above problem. > >> I would greatly appreciate any help with fixing this infinite >> link loop problem and getting the latest versions to work. > > >> Thanks, > >> Ryan > > > Yeah. The problem occurs even before update-alternatives does its > meddling. > > $ ls -l /sw/src/fink.build/root-fvwm2-no-gnome-2.6.1-1/sw/bin/ > total 448 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 26336 Aug 11 20:22 > FvwmCommand -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 4478 Aug 11 20:22 fvwm-bug > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 6950 Aug 11 20:22 fvwm-config > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 9663 Aug 11 20:22 fvwm-convert-2.4 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 14481 Aug 11 20:22 fvwm-convert-2.6 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 52925 Aug 11 20:22 fvwm-menu-desktop > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 23534 Aug 11 20:22 fvwm-menu-directory > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 34771 Aug 11 20:22 fvwm-menu-headlines > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 7795 Aug 11 20:22 fvwm-menu-xlock > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 17433 Aug 11 20:22 fvwm-perllib > lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 9 Aug 11 20:22 fvwm-root -> > fvwm-root lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 4 Aug 11 20:22 fvwm2 -> > fvwm lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 17 Aug 11 20:23 xpmroot2 -> > /sw/bin/fvwm-root > > At that point, "fvwm2" is already just a symbolic link. > > The package's install script brings about this confused state of > affairs: > > rm %i/bin/fvwm rm %i/bin/fvwm-root mv %i/bin/xpmroot > %i/bin/fvwm-root ln -s %p/bin/fvwm-root %i/bin/xpmroot2 > > I'm cc'ing the maintainer.
I've taken the liberty of fixing the cycle in fvwm2-no-gnome-2.6.1-2. Hopefully Dr. Morrison doesn't mind. (Oh, and maybe he can speak as to why there is only the -no-gnome variant on 10.6 and not the "normal" package.) - -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk5UFg8ACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ/fbACffHodaT4LLvgWrnCpY/7eOMEZ /Z8AnRl3mMSd0AVxqdbvVa2mN8nyFlm6 =r7b6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
