That did not resolve the issue. 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 11:45 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 >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
