Thanks for the response! I've tried this again (and again), and even after
removing /sw and trying the install with a new fink tarball I still stall
at the same place.
One other tidbit - I'm doing this remotely (ssh'ed in to the mac). I
wouldn't think this would be a problem, though.
Monica
On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Alexander Hansen <
alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/15/13 7:33 PM, Monica Poelchau wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I'm trying to install fink-0.35.1 on a Mac, OS version 10.8.4. The
>> install works fine until the following:
>>
>> Writing updated configuration to '/sw/etc/fink.conf'...
>> plist is dpkg-bootstrap
>> Bootstrapping a base system via /sw/bootstrap.
>> Scanning package description files..........
>>
>> The install stalls at this point for several (5+) hours. Is this to be
>> expected, or how can I start troubleshooting?
>>
>> Thanks for your help!
>>
>> Monica
>>
>>
>>
> No, that's definitely not the expected behavior.
>
> There's not that much to troubleshoot, either, because what is supposed to
> happen here is that some small text files get scanned and their data is
> cached. My recollection is that we've seen a few reports of similar
> behavior in the past, but it was never a reproducible problem.
>
> I'd recommend stopping the operation with Control-C, remove the /sw
> directory via e.g. "sudo rm -rf /sw" and try the bootstrap again.
> --
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
> My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
>
--
Monica Poelchau
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Maryland
Research Affiliate, Georgetown University
mpoelc...@gmail.com
mf...@georgetown.edu
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