> On Jun 23, 2017, at 09:28, Thomas Scharkowski <t.scharkow...@t-online.de> > wrote: > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- >>> On Jun 22, 2017, at 23:22, David Fass <daf...@ix.netcom.com> wrote: >>> >>> I have 2 'stupid' ideas to propose, since this doesn't seem to be an >>> obvious fix. >>> >>> First one: >>> Use sudo or su and move /sw to something like /sw2 to keep it safe >>> and then reinstall fink and selfupdate it. >>> Perhaps, maybe, something went wrong in the process before and it got >>> corrupted... >>> At least this way you can test whether this is a Fink error or something >>> more local. >>> >>> I know, when I was installing Fink, I had to replace Apple's tar with a >>> different version of tar just to get it to work… >>> >> We generally don’t recommend replacing anything in the system area. >>> Second one: >>> A tad more drastic is to create a new user and reinstall fink. >>> >>> I'm not a Fink expert, but, what can it hurt to try my ideas.. >>> >> I’ve got a quick idea you might try first. >> Try using “fink reinstall tar dpkg” to reinstall tar and dpkg from their >> archives on your system, if present, and then try another build. That could >> _potentially_ fix the issue if it so happens that a file has become >> corrupted. It might also give us an additional data point if you get a >> similar failure. >> You might also go ahead and try adding a user account without doing anything >> to your Fink tree yet, and then log in and run /sw/bin/pathsetup.sh on that >> account. I don’t have high hopes for this, since almost everything that >> Fink does is run either as root or as the fink-bld unprivileged user, but >> it’s a relatively quick thing to try. >> If you do go with the archive and reinstall option, and it finishes >> successfully, and the selfupdate process doesn’t actually update any >> packages (unlikely), then try to install a package. If that doesn’t work, >> or if you aren’t able to do the install, then the issue is probably >> somewhere in your system area. > > I have tried all suggestions without success. Is it time to give up? >
Unfortunately, it may be. I think we’ve been able to rule out anything internal to the Fink distribution. Maybe a final check on the permissions? Fionna-4:~ hansen$ ls -ld / /sw/ /sw/src drwxr-xr-x 41 root wheel 1462 Jun 22 17:10 / drwxr-xr-x 15 root wheel 510 Nov 3 2016 /sw/ drwxr-xr-x 393 root wheel 13362 Jun 22 13:24 /sw/src ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: https://sourceforge.net/p/fink/mailman/fink-users/ Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
