Ah. Try editing /sw/etc/fink.conf and change that to RootMethod: none
Then see if you can unpack without using "--build-as-nobody" On 1/29/13 9:30 AM, Wright, Herbert (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] wrote: > RootMethod: sudo > > > Thanks, > Herb Wright > Contractor > Desktop Group > NCBI/NLM/NIH > > wrigh...@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> > Organization: Fink Core Team > Reply-To: fink beginners mailing list > <Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net> > Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 11:26 AM > To: Herb Wright <wrigh...@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov> > Cc: fink beginners mailing list <Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Error running selfupdate > >> On 1/29/13 8:29 AM, Wright, Herbert (NIH/NLM/NCBI) [C] wrote: >>> Im actually logging in as root and running the fink commands. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Herb Wright >>> Contractor >>> Desktop Group >>> NCBI/NLM/NIH >>> >>> wrigh...@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> Yeah, this is a known problem, and we're trying to get all of the >> relevant data to reproduce and solve it. One other potentially useful >> piece of information would be the value of the RootMethod field in >> /sw/etc/fink.conf. >> >> As a workaround while this gets sorted out, you can use "fink >> --no-build-as-nobody ..." for selfupdates, builds, and installs. >> >> -- >> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. >> Fink User Liaison >> My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ > -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d _______________________________________________ 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
