> On Sep 10, 2016, at 23:18, Heinz Nabielek <heinznabie...@me.com> wrote: > > Ouch: Mac OS X 10.12 Sierra cannot 'selfupdate' any more (see below). Nor can > I install anything with fink since 10.12. > What shall I do? > > Heinz > > Heinzs-iMac:~ heinznabielek$ fink selfupdate > Password: > /usr/bin/rsync -az -q > rsync://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//TIMESTAMP > /sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp > I will now run the rsync command to retrieve the latest package descriptions. > /usr/bin/rsync -rtz --delete-after --delete -q --include='10.12/' > --include='10.12/stable/' --include='10.12/stable/main/' > --include='10.12/stable/main/finkinfo/' > --include='10.12/stable/main/finkinfo/*/' > --include='10.12/stable/main/finkinfo/*' > --include='10.12/stable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='VERSION' > --include='DISTRIBUTION' --include='README' --exclude='**' > 'rsync://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/' > WARNING: Not saving timestamp of selfupdate because could not write > /sw/fink/10.12/VERSION.selfupdate.tmp: No such file or directory > Scanning package description files > Failed: not a reference at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 1903. > > > Darwin Heinzs-iMac.local 16.0.0 Darwin Kernel Version 16.0.0: Mon Aug 29 > 17:56:20 PDT 2016; root:xnu-3789.1.32~3/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > 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
This is a standard problem when updating the OS before installing a fink version that supports it. I can send you an archive containing the changed files from the fink code, but it will take a bit of time. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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
