Forwarding back to the list for completeness. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] help: fink selfupdate issue Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:54:46 -0600 From: Xiaoxu Guan <xiaoxu.g...@gmail.com> To: Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com>
Thanks a lot! The problem is solved by following your instruction! On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:57 PM, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com <mailto:alexanderk.han...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 1/30/13 3:38 PM, Xiaoxu Guan wrote: > Hello, > > I use "fink selfupdate" to update fink installed on my MaC Book 10.8.2 > (Mountain Lion). The fink version is 0.34.5. At the end of updating, > I got the following error message: > > ERROR: Downloads is not an absolute directory path. > > Actually, the "Downloads" is the directory under my home directory. > Before using "selfupdate", fink works fine. > I have this problem only after selfupdate. I appreciate it very much for > any help. > > Thanks! > > -- > xiaoxu > > Do you have FetchAltDir: Downloads in /sw/etc/fink.conf? That is NOT absolute, which is what the message says. And it never actually worked. You need FetchAltDir: /Users/<your user name>/Downloads instead. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ -- xiaoxu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_jan _______________________________________________ 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
