Thank you very much, Alexander. I am on my way to the link you suggested, will
return with tail between legs if I run into more trouble.-Mike
> Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 12:49:34 -0700
> From: alexanderk.han...@gmail.com
> To: mike.wil...@hotmail.com
> CC: fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Unable to update xfig, fontconfig2-dev, etc
>
> On 12/16/12 12:41 PM, Mike Wilkes wrote:
> > Hello Martin,
> >
> > Thank you for your quick response. I am afraid I may have bigger
> > problems than the one I asked about. I tried to look at the config.log
> > file as you suggested, using nedit, my favorite editor, and found that
> > nedit is no longer working. The error message I got when I tried to
> > start nedit was
> >
> > quaternion-3:fontconfig-2.10.1 Mike$ nedit config.log &
> > [1] 72782
> > quaternion-3:fontconfig-2.10.1 Mike$ dyld: Library not loaded:
> > /sw/lib/freetype219/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib
> > Referenced from: /sw/lib/libXm.2.dylib
> > Reason: no suitable image found. Did find:
> > /sw/lib/freetype219/lib/libfreetype.6.dylib: mach-o, but wrong architecture
> >
> > [1]+ Trace/BPT trap nedit config.log
> >
> >
> > I am running OS X 10.5.8 on an intel MacBook, but it appears to me that
> > I have installed a powerpc version of fink. The system info shows this,
> > I think:
> >
> > Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Sun Dec 16 13:42:25 2012, 10.5,
> > powerpc
> >
> > This seems to have been working fine until I upgraded fink, but now I
> > think it has come back to bite me in the butt. I remember worrying
> > about it a couple of years ago when I got the intel machine, which I
> > think inherited its OS from my old G4 PowerBook using Time Machine.
> > Can't really remember now. I let it slide because all the programs I
> > use, like nedit, xfig, xmgrace, and gv all worked fine.
> >
> > If this is the problem, what is the solution? Should I uninstall fink
> > completely, then try the 10.5 installation again? Uh, what is the
> > easiest way to uninstall, if it comes to that?
> >
> > What a mess. Thanks for any help you can give me.
> >
> > -Mike
> >
>
> It does indeed look like you migrated a powerpc installation. Stuff will
> run but you won't be able to update.
>
> http://finkers.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/starting-anew/ has suggestions
> about how to turn things around with reduced pain.
>
> --
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
> My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
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