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Consolidate CVS issues FAQ entries.
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<title>Fink Documentation - The Fink F.A.Q.</title></head><body>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0">
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applications from the<tt style="white-space: nowrap;"> fileutils
</tt>package! Help!</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.pathsetup-keeps-running">5.26 When I open a Terminal window,
I get a message that "Your
environment seems to be correctly set up for Fink already.", and it
logs out.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.ext-drive">5.27 I have Fink
installed away from the main partition and I can't update the fink package from
source. There are errors involving <q>chowname</q>.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.mirror-gnu">5.28 Fink won't update my packages because it
says it can't find the 'gnu' mirror.</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.cant-move-fink">5.29 I can't update Fink, because it can't
move /sw/fink out of the way.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.fc-cache">5.30 I
get a message that says "No fonts found".</a></li><li><a
href="#usage-fink.non-admin-installer">5.31 I can't install Fink via the
Installer package, because I get "volume doesn't support symlinks"
errors.</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.wrong-arch">5.32 I can't update Fink,
because <q>package architecture (darwin-i386) does not match system
(darwin-powerpc).</q>
-</a></li><li><a href="#usage-fink.sf-cvs-2006">5.33 I haven't been able to do
a cvs selfupdate.</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#comp-general"><b>6 Compile
Problems - General</b></a><ul><li><a href="#comp-general.compiler">6.1 A
configure script complains that it can't find an "acceptable cc".
+</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="#comp-general"><b>6 Compile Problems -
General</b></a><ul><li><a href="#comp-general.compiler">6.1 A configure script
complains that it can't find an "acceptable cc".
What's that?</a></li><li><a href="#comp-general.cvs">6.2 When I try a
"fink selfupdate-cvs" I get this message: "cvs:
Command not found."</a></li><li><a
href="#comp-general.missing-make">6.3 I'm getting an error message involving
<tt style="white-space: nowrap;">make</tt>
</a></li><li><a href="#comp-general.head">6.4 I'm getting a strange
usage message from the head command. What's
@@ -403,7 +403,10 @@
Failed: Updating using CVS failed. Check the error messages above.</pre><p>The
"C" means CVS had a conflict in trying to update the latest
version. The fix is to delete any files that show up as starting with
"C" in
the output of selfupdate-cvs, and try again:</p><pre>sudo rm
/sw/fink/10.2/unstable/main/finkinfo/libs/db31-3.1.17-6.info
-fink selfupdate-cvs</pre></div>
+fink selfupdate-cvs</pre><p>If you get errors that mention
<b>cvs.sourceforge.net</b>:</p><pre>
+cvs [update aborted]: connect to cvs.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.207):
+2401 failed: Operation timed out
+</pre><p>this is because of a restructuring of the CVS servers at
sourceforge.net in 2006. Fink files are now at
<b>fink.cvs.sourceforge.net</b>.</p><p>Check your Distribution version, e.g.
via</p><pre>fink --version</pre><p>If that shows <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">10.4-transitional</tt>, then you need to update to the regular 10.4
distribution. An <a
href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/fink/scripts-10.4-update-0.4.tar.gz?download";>update
script</a> has been created to assist with that.</p></div>
</a>
<a name="usage-fink.kernel-panics">
<div class="question"><p><b>Q5.14: When I use Fink, my whole machine
freezes up/kernel panics/dies.
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</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> This error occurs if you use a PowerPC
installer package on an Intel machine. You'll need to flush your Fink
installation, e.g.:</p><pre>sudo rm -rf /sw</pre><p>and then download the disk
image for Intel machines from <a
href="http://www.finkproject.org/download/index.php";>the downloads
page</a>.</p></div>
</a>
- <a name="usage-fink.sf-cvs-2006">
- <div class="question"><p><b>Q5.33: I haven't been able to do a
cvs selfupdate.</b></p></div>
- <div class="answer"><p><b>A:</b> If you get errors that include
lines like:</p><pre>
-cvs [update aborted]: connect to cvs.sourceforge.net(66.35.250.207):
-2401 failed: Operation timed out
-</pre><p>this is because of a recent restructuring of the CVS servers at
sourceforge.net. Fink files are now at <tt style="white-space:
nowrap;">fink.cvs.sourceforge.net</tt>. You'll need to update the <tt
style="white-space: nowrap;">fink-mirrors package</tt> via the binary
tools:</p><pre>
-sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install fink-mirrors
-</pre></div>
- </a>
- <h2><a name="comp-general">6 Compile Problems - General</a></h2>
+ <h2><a name="comp-general">6 Compile Problems - General</a></h2>
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unmodified. Any commercial reproduction and any online publication
requires the explicit consent of the author.</p><hr>
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