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Modified Files:
comp-general.php comp-packages.php faq.html general.php
index.php relations.php usage-fink.php usage-general.php
usage-packages.php
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FAQ entry 3.14 added. Please check it for accuracy.
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--- comp-general.php 17 Dec 2002 18:58:09 -0000 1.43
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - Compiling (1)";
-$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/17 18:57:35';
+$cvs_author = 'Author: htodd';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/18 07:37:46';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php" title="F.A.Q. Contents"><link
rel="next" href="comp-packages.php" title="Compile Problems - Specific Packages"><link
rel="prev" href="usage-fink.php" title="Installing, Using and Maintaining Fink">';
Index: comp-packages.php
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RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/faq/comp-packages.php,v
retrieving revision 1.43
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--- comp-packages.php 17 Dec 2002 18:58:09 -0000 1.43
+++ comp-packages.php 18 Dec 2002 07:38:50 -0000 1.44
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - Compiling (2)";
-$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/17 18:57:35';
+$cvs_author = 'Author: htodd';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/18 07:37:46';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php" title="F.A.Q. Contents"><link
rel="next" href="usage-general.php" title="Package Usage Problems - General"><link
rel="prev" href="comp-general.php" title="Compile Problems - General">';
Index: faq.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/faq/faq.html,v
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diff -u -r1.45 -r1.46
--- faq.html 17 Dec 2002 18:58:09 -0000 1.45
+++ faq.html 18 Dec 2002 07:38:50 -0000 1.46
@@ -62,10 +62,12 @@
more!</a></li>
<li><a href="#usage-fink.selfupdate-tar-fails">3.13 Why doesn't 'fink selfupdate'
work?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#usage-fink.kernel-panics">3.14 When I use fink, my whole machine
+<li><a href="#usage-fink.cvs-busy">3.14 When I try to run "fink
+selfupdate", I get the error "<tt><nobr>Updating using CVS failed. Check
+the error messages above.</nobr></tt>"
+ </a></li>
+<li><a href="#usage-fink.kernel-panics">3.15 When I use fink, my whole machine
freezes up/kernel panics/dies. Help!</a></li>
-<li><a href="#usage-fink.not-found">3.15 I'm trying to install a package, but fink
can't download it. The download site shows a later version number of the package than
what fink has. What do I do?</a></li>
-<li><a href="#usage-fink.fink-not-found">3.16 I've edited my .cshrc and started a new
terminal, but I still get "fink: command not found".</a></li>
+<li><a href="#usage-fink.not-found">3.16 I'm trying to install a package, but fink
+can't download it. The download site shows a later version number of the package
+than what fink has. What do I do?</a></li>
+<li><a href="#usage-fink.fink-not-found">3.17 I've edited my .cshrc and started a new
+terminal, but I still get "fink: command not found".</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href="#comp-general"><b>4 Compile Problems - General</b></a></li>
<ul>
@@ -492,7 +494,23 @@
</ul><p>Or, if you are happy with modifying a file in the distribution manually, you
can
edit line 479 of <tt><nobr>/sw/lib/perl5/Fink/SelfUpdate.pm</nobr></tt> and
change:</p><pre>$unpack_cmd = "tar -xz${verbosity}f
-";</pre><p>to</p><pre>$unpack_cmd = "tar -xz${verbosity}f
$pkgtarball";</pre><p>It is always a good idea to make a backup of any file
before modifying it.</p></div></a>
-<a name="usage-fink.kernel-panics"><div class="question"><p><b>Q3.14: When I use
fink, my whole machine
+<a name="usage-fink.cvs-busy">
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q3.14: When I try to run "fink
+selfupdate", I get the error "<tt><nobr>Updating using CVS failed. Check
+the error messages above.</nobr></tt>"
+ </b></p></div>
+ <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> An example of the error is as
+follows:</p><pre>
+(Logging in to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
+CVS password:
+cvs [login aborted]: connect to cvs.sourceforge.net:2401 failed:
+Connection refused
+### execution of su failed, exit code 1
+Failed: Logging into the CVS server for anonymous read-only access failed.
+ </pre><p>One possibility is that the cvs servers are overloaded and
+you have to try the update later.</p><p>Another possibility, is that you need to
+reset your cvs directories. Use the command:</p><pre>
+sudo find /sw/fink -type d -name 'CVS' -exec rm -rf {} \;
+fink selfupdate-cvs
+ </pre></div>
+</a>
+
+<a name="usage-fink.kernel-panics"><div class="question"><p><b>Q3.15: When I use
+fink, my whole machine
freezes up/kernel panics/dies. Help!</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> A number of recent reports on the
<a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/";>fink-users
@@ -502,12 +520,12 @@
software before using Fink.
</p></div></a>
-<a name="usage-fink.not-found"><div class="question"><p><b>Q3.15: I'm trying to
install a package, but fink can't download it. The download site shows a later
version number of the package than what fink has. What do I do?</b></p></div>
+<a name="usage-fink.not-found"><div class="question"><p><b>Q3.16: I'm trying to
+install a package, but fink can't download it. The download site shows a later
+version number of the package than what fink has. What do I do?</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> The package sources get moved around by the upstream
sites when new versions are released.</p><p>The first thing you should do is let the
package maintainer (available from "<tt><nobr>fink describe
<b>packagename</b></nobr></tt>") know that the URL is broken; not all maintainers
read the mailing lists all of the time.</p><p>To get a usable source, first try
hunting around the remote site in other directories for the source that fink wants
(e.g. in an "old" directory). Keep in mind, though, that some remote sites
like to trash the old versions of their packages. If the official site doesn't have
it, then try a web search--sometimes there are unofficial sites that have the tarball
you want. If that fails, then you might consider posting on the
<a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/";>fink-users
mailing list</a> to ask if anybody has the old source available to give you. Once you
locate the proper source tarball, download it manually, and then move the file into
your fink source location (i.e. for a default fink install, "<tt><nobr>sudo mv
<b>package-source.tar.gz</b> /sw/src/</nobr></tt>". Then use '<tt><nobr>fink
install <b>packagename</b></nobr></tt>' as normal.</p><p>If you can't get the source
file, then you'll have to wait for the maintainer to deal with the problem. They may
either post a link to the old source, or update the .info and .patch files to use the
newer version.
</p></div></a>
-<a name="usage-fink.fink-not-found"><div class="question"><p><b>Q3.16: I've edited my
.cshrc and started a new terminal, but I still get "fink: command not
found".</b></p></div>
+<a name="usage-fink.fink-not-found"><div class="question"><p><b>Q3.17: I've edited my
+.cshrc and started a new terminal, but I still get "fink: command not
+found".</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b>
If you use tcsh and happen to have a <tt><nobr>.tcshrc</nobr></tt> file in your home
directory, this will be read instead of <tt><nobr>.cshrc</nobr></tt> . You can go
ahead and put <tt><nobr>source /sw/bin/init.csh</nobr></tt> in
<tt><nobr>.tcshrc</nobr></tt>
.</p></div>
@@ -771,4 +789,4 @@
provided the document and this copyright notice remain complete and
unmodified. Any commercial reproduction and any online publication
requires the explicit consent of the author.</p>
-<p><hr>Generated from <i>$Fink: faq.xml,v 1.64 2002/12/17 18:57:35 alexkhansen Exp
$</i></p></body></html>
+<p><hr>Generated from <i>$Fink: faq.xml,v 1.66 2002/12/18 07:37:46 htodd Exp
+$</i></p></body></html>
Index: general.php
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RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/faq/general.php,v
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diff -u -r1.63 -r1.64
--- general.php 17 Dec 2002 18:58:10 -0000 1.63
+++ general.php 18 Dec 2002 07:38:50 -0000 1.64
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - General";
-$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/17 18:57:35';
+$cvs_author = 'Author: htodd';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/18 07:37:46';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php" title="F.A.Q. Contents"><link
rel="next" href="relations.php" title="Relations with Other Projects"><link rel="prev"
href="index.php" title="F.A.Q. Contents">';
Index: index.php
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RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/faq/index.php,v
retrieving revision 1.75
retrieving revision 1.76
diff -u -r1.75 -r1.76
--- index.php 17 Dec 2002 18:58:10 -0000 1.75
+++ index.php 18 Dec 2002 07:38:51 -0000 1.76
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q.";
-$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/17 18:57:35';
+$cvs_author = 'Author: htodd';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/18 07:37:46';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php" title="F.A.Q. Contents"><link
rel="next" href="general.php" title="General Questions">';
@@ -72,10 +72,12 @@
more!</a></li>
<li><a href="usage-fink.php#selfupdate-tar-fails">3.13 Why doesn't 'fink selfupdate'
work?</a></li>
-<li><a href="usage-fink.php#kernel-panics">3.14 When I use fink, my whole machine
+<li><a href="usage-fink.php#cvs-busy">3.14 When I try to run "fink
+selfupdate", I get the error "<tt><nobr>Updating using CVS failed. Check
+the error messages above.</nobr></tt>"
+ </a></li>
+<li><a href="usage-fink.php#kernel-panics">3.15 When I use fink, my whole machine
freezes up/kernel panics/dies. Help!</a></li>
-<li><a href="usage-fink.php#not-found">3.15 I'm trying to install a package, but fink
can't download it. The download site shows a later version number of the package than
what fink has. What do I do?</a></li>
-<li><a href="usage-fink.php#fink-not-found">3.16 I've edited my .cshrc and started a
new terminal, but I still get "fink: command not found".</a></li>
+<li><a href="usage-fink.php#not-found">3.16 I'm trying to install a package, but fink
+can't download it. The download site shows a later version number of the package
+than what fink has. What do I do?</a></li>
+<li><a href="usage-fink.php#fink-not-found">3.17 I've edited my .cshrc and started a
+new terminal, but I still get "fink: command not found".</a></li>
</ul>
<li><a href="comp-general.php"><b>4 Compile Problems - General</b></a></li>
<ul>
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@
<li><a href="usage-packages.php#xterm-error">7.5 xterm fails with "dyld: xterm
Undefined symbols: xterm undefined reference to _tgetent expected to be defined in
/usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib".</a></li>
<li><a href="usage-packages.php#libXmuu">7.6 When I try to start XFree86 I get the
following error: "dyld: xinit can't open library:
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXmuu.1.dylib"</a></li>
</ul>
-</ul><p>Generated from <i>$Fink: faq.xml,v 1.64 2002/12/17 18:57:35 alexkhansen Exp
$</i></p>
+</ul><p>Generated from <i>$Fink: faq.xml,v 1.66 2002/12/18 07:37:46 htodd Exp
+$</i></p>
<?
Index: relations.php
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RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/faq/relations.php,v
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diff -u -r1.49 -r1.50
--- relations.php 17 Dec 2002 18:58:10 -0000 1.49
+++ relations.php 18 Dec 2002 07:38:51 -0000 1.50
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - Relations";
-$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/17 18:57:35';
+$cvs_author = 'Author: htodd';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/18 07:37:46';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php" title="F.A.Q. Contents"><link
rel="next" href="usage-fink.php" title="Installing, Using and Maintaining Fink"><link
rel="prev" href="general.php" title="General Questions">';
Index: usage-fink.php
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/faq/usage-fink.php,v
retrieving revision 1.47
retrieving revision 1.48
diff -u -r1.47 -r1.48
--- usage-fink.php 17 Dec 2002 18:58:10 -0000 1.47
+++ usage-fink.php 18 Dec 2002 07:38:51 -0000 1.48
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - Fink Usage";
-$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/17 18:57:35';
+$cvs_author = 'Author: htodd';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/18 07:37:46';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php" title="F.A.Q. Contents"><link
rel="next" href="comp-general.php" title="Compile Problems - General"><link rel="prev"
href="relations.php" title="Relations with Other Projects">';
@@ -223,7 +223,23 @@
</ul><p>Or, if you are happy with modifying a file in the distribution manually, you
can
edit line 479 of <tt><nobr>/sw/lib/perl5/Fink/SelfUpdate.pm</nobr></tt> and
change:</p><pre>$unpack_cmd = "tar -xz${verbosity}f
-";</pre><p>to</p><pre>$unpack_cmd = "tar -xz${verbosity}f
$pkgtarball";</pre><p>It is always a good idea to make a backup of any file
before modifying it.</p></div></a>
-<a name="kernel-panics"><div class="question"><p><b>Q3.14: When I use fink, my whole
machine
+<a name="cvs-busy">
+ <div class="question"><p><b>Q3.14: When I try to run "fink
+selfupdate", I get the error "<tt><nobr>Updating using CVS failed. Check
+the error messages above.</nobr></tt>"
+ </b></p></div>
+ <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> An example of the error is as
+follows:</p><pre>
+(Logging in to [EMAIL PROTECTED])
+CVS password:
+cvs [login aborted]: connect to cvs.sourceforge.net:2401 failed:
+Connection refused
+### execution of su failed, exit code 1
+Failed: Logging into the CVS server for anonymous read-only access failed.
+ </pre><p>One possibility is that the cvs servers are overloaded and
+you have to try the update later.</p><p>Another possibility, is that you need to
+reset your cvs directories. Use the command:</p><pre>
+sudo find /sw/fink -type d -name 'CVS' -exec rm -rf {} \;
+fink selfupdate-cvs
+ </pre></div>
+</a>
+
+<a name="kernel-panics"><div class="question"><p><b>Q3.15: When I use fink, my whole
+machine
freezes up/kernel panics/dies. Help!</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> A number of recent reports on the
<a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/";>fink-users
@@ -233,12 +249,12 @@
software before using Fink.
</p></div></a>
-<a name="not-found"><div class="question"><p><b>Q3.15: I'm trying to install a
package, but fink can't download it. The download site shows a later version number
of the package than what fink has. What do I do?</b></p></div>
+<a name="not-found"><div class="question"><p><b>Q3.16: I'm trying to install a
+package, but fink can't download it. The download site shows a later version number
+of the package than what fink has. What do I do?</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> The package sources get moved around by the upstream
sites when new versions are released.</p><p>The first thing you should do is let the
package maintainer (available from "<tt><nobr>fink describe
<b>packagename</b></nobr></tt>") know that the URL is broken; not all maintainers
read the mailing lists all of the time.</p><p>To get a usable source, first try
hunting around the remote site in other directories for the source that fink wants
(e.g. in an "old" directory). Keep in mind, though, that some remote sites
like to trash the old versions of their packages. If the official site doesn't have
it, then try a web search--sometimes there are unofficial sites that have the tarball
you want. If that fails, then you might consider posting on the
<a href="http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/";>fink-users
mailing list</a> to ask if anybody has the old source available to give you. Once you
locate the proper source tarball, download it manually, and then move the file into
your fink source location (i.e. for a default fink install, "<tt><nobr>sudo mv
<b>package-source.tar.gz</b> /sw/src/</nobr></tt>". Then use '<tt><nobr>fink
install <b>packagename</b></nobr></tt>' as normal.</p><p>If you can't get the source
file, then you'll have to wait for the maintainer to deal with the problem. They may
either post a link to the old source, or update the .info and .patch files to use the
newer version.
</p></div></a>
-<a name="fink-not-found"><div class="question"><p><b>Q3.16: I've edited my .cshrc and
started a new terminal, but I still get "fink: command not
found".</b></p></div>
+<a name="fink-not-found"><div class="question"><p><b>Q3.17: I've edited my .cshrc and
+started a new terminal, but I still get "fink: command not
+found".</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b>
If you use tcsh and happen to have a <tt><nobr>.tcshrc</nobr></tt> file in your home
directory, this will be read instead of <tt><nobr>.cshrc</nobr></tt> . You can go
ahead and put <tt><nobr>source /sw/bin/init.csh</nobr></tt> in
<tt><nobr>.tcshrc</nobr></tt>
.</p></div>
Index: usage-general.php
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RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/faq/usage-general.php,v
retrieving revision 1.44
retrieving revision 1.45
diff -u -r1.44 -r1.45
--- usage-general.php 17 Dec 2002 18:58:10 -0000 1.44
+++ usage-general.php 18 Dec 2002 07:38:51 -0000 1.45
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - Usage (1)";
-$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/17 18:57:35';
+$cvs_author = 'Author: htodd';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/18 07:37:46';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php" title="F.A.Q. Contents"><link
rel="next" href="usage-packages.php" title="Package Usage Problems - Specific
Packages"><link rel="prev" href="comp-packages.php" title="Compile Problems - Specific
Packages">';
Index: usage-packages.php
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/web/faq/usage-packages.php,v
retrieving revision 1.43
retrieving revision 1.44
diff -u -r1.43 -r1.44
--- usage-packages.php 17 Dec 2002 18:58:10 -0000 1.43
+++ usage-packages.php 18 Dec 2002 07:38:51 -0000 1.44
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - Usage (2)";
-$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/17 18:57:35';
+$cvs_author = 'Author: htodd';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2002/12/18 07:37:46';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php" title="F.A.Q. Contents"><link
rel="prev" href="usage-general.php" title="Package Usage Problems - General">';
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