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comp-general.en.php comp-packages.en.php faq.en.html
general.en.php index.en.php mirrors.en.php relations.en.php
upgrade-fink.en.php usage-fink.en.php usage-general.en.php
usage-packages.en.php
Log Message:
Consolidate CVS issues FAQ entries.
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<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - Usage (1)";
$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 15:59:57';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 16:24:26';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php?phpLang=en" title="F.A.Q.
Contents"><link rel="next" href="usage-packages.php?phpLang=en" title="Package
Usage Problems - Specific Packages"><link rel="prev"
href="comp-packages.php?phpLang=en" title="Compile Problems - Specific
Packages">';
Index: usage-fink.en.php
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - Fink Usage";
$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 15:59:57';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 16:24:26';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php?phpLang=en" title="F.A.Q.
Contents"><link rel="next" href="comp-general.php?phpLang=en" title="Compile
Problems - General"><link rel="prev" href="upgrade-fink.php?phpLang=en"
title="Upgrading Fink (version-specific troubleshooting)">';
@@ -203,7 +203,10 @@
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
<code>10.4-transitional</code>, 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="kernel-panics">
<div class="question"><p><b><? echo FINK_Q ; ?>5.14: When I use Fink, my
whole machine freezes up/kernel panics/dies.
@@ -458,16 +461,7 @@
</b></p></div>
<div class="answer"><p><b><? echo FINK_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="sf-cvs-2006">
- <div class="question"><p><b><? echo FINK_Q ; ?>5.33: I haven't
been able to do a cvs selfupdate.</b></p></div>
- <div class="answer"><p><b><? echo FINK_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 <code>fink.cvs.sourceforge.net</code>.
You'll need to update the <code>fink-mirrors package</code> via the binary
tools:</p><pre>
-sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install fink-mirrors
-</pre></div>
- </a>
- <p align="right"><? echo FINK_NEXT ; ?>:
+ <p align="right"><? echo FINK_NEXT ; ?>:
<a href="comp-general.php?phpLang=en">6. Compile Problems - General</a></p>
<? include_once "../footer.inc"; ?>
Index: mirrors.en.php
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--- mirrors.en.php 8 Mar 2009 16:01:25 -0000 1.86
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - Mirrors";
$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 15:59:57';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 16:24:26';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php?phpLang=en" title="F.A.Q.
Contents"><link rel="next" href="upgrade-fink.php?phpLang=en" title="Upgrading
Fink (version-specific troubleshooting)"><link rel="prev"
href="relations.php?phpLang=en" title="Relations with Other Projects">';
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - Upgrading Fink";
$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 15:59:57';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 16:24:26';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php?phpLang=en" title="F.A.Q.
Contents"><link rel="next" href="usage-fink.php?phpLang=en" title="Installing,
Using and Maintaining Fink"><link rel="prev" href="mirrors.php?phpLang=en"
title="Fink mirrors">';
Index: index.en.php
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+++ index.en.php 8 Mar 2009 16:25:34 -0000 1.93
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q.";
$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 15:59:57';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 16:24:26';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php?phpLang=en" title="F.A.Q.
Contents"><link rel="next" href="general.php?phpLang=en" title="General
Questions">';
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
applications from the<code> fileutils </code>package!
Help!</a></li><li><a
href="usage-fink.php?phpLang=en#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.php?phpLang=en#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.php?phpLang=en#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.php?phpLang=en#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.php?phpLang=en#fc-cache">5.30 I get a message that says "No
fonts found".</a></li><li><a
href="usage-fink.php?phpLang=en#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.php?phpLang=en#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.php?phpLang=en#sf-cvs-2006">5.33 I haven't
been able to do a cvs selfupdate.</a></li></ul></li><li><a
href="comp-general.php?phpLang=en"><b>6 Compile Problems -
General</b></a><ul><li><a href="comp-general.php?phpLang=en#compiler">6.1 A
configure script complains that it can't find an "acceptable cc".
+</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="comp-general.php?phpLang=en"><b>6 Compile
Problems - General</b></a><ul><li><a
href="comp-general.php?phpLang=en#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.php?phpLang=en#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.php?phpLang=en#missing-make">6.3 I'm getting an error
message involving <code>make</code>
</a></li><li><a href="comp-general.php?phpLang=en#head">6.4 I'm
getting a strange usage message from the head command. What's
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
<code>gnome-session</code> won't open a window manager.</a></li><li><a
href="usage-packages.php?phpLang=en#apple-x11-no-windowbar">9.10 I upgraded to
Apple's X11 in Panther and now my window title bars
are missing.</a></li><li><a
href="usage-packages.php?phpLang=en#apple-x11-wants-xfree86">9.11 I installed
Apple's X11 but Fink keeps asking to install
XFree86 or X.org.</a></li><li><a
href="usage-packages.php?phpLang=en#wants-xfree86-on-upgrade">9.12 I switched
from the 10.2 Fink version to 10.2-gcc3.3 or 10.3, I have Apple's X11, and Fink
asks me to install XFree86 or X.org.</a></li><li><a
href="usage-packages.php?phpLang=en#special-x11-debug">9.13 I'm still having
problems with X11 and Fink.</a></li><li><a
href="usage-packages.php?phpLang=en#tiger-gtk">9.14 After updating to Tiger (OS
10.4), whenever I use a GTK app, I get errors involving
<code>_EVP_idea_cbc</code>.</a></li><li><a
href="usage-packages.php?phpLang=en#yelp">9.15 I can't get the help to work for
any GNOME application.</a></li></ul></li></ul>
-<!--Generated from $Fink: faq.en.xml,v 1.93 2009/03/08 15:59:57 alexkhansen
Exp $-->
+<!--Generated from $Fink: faq.en.xml,v 1.94 2009/03/08 16:24:26 alexkhansen
Exp $-->
<? include_once "../footer.inc"; ?>
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - Relations";
$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 15:59:57';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 16:24:26';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php?phpLang=en" title="F.A.Q.
Contents"><link rel="next" href="mirrors.php?phpLang=en" title="Fink
mirrors"><link rel="prev" href="general.php?phpLang=en" title="General
Questions">';
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - Compiling (2)";
$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 15:59:57';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 16:24:26';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php?phpLang=en" title="F.A.Q.
Contents"><link rel="next" href="usage-general.php?phpLang=en" title="Package
Usage Problems - General"><link rel="prev" href="comp-general.php?phpLang=en"
title="Compile Problems - General">';
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - Compiling (1)";
$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 15:59:57';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 16:24:26';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php?phpLang=en" title="F.A.Q.
Contents"><link rel="next" href="comp-packages.php?phpLang=en" title="Compile
Problems - Specific Packages"><link rel="prev" href="usage-fink.php?phpLang=en"
title="Installing, Using and Maintaining Fink">';
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--- faq.en.html 8 Mar 2009 16:01:24 -0000 1.97
+++ faq.en.html 8 Mar 2009 16:25:34 -0000 1.98
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd";>
<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<!--
-Generated from $Fink: faq.en.xml,v 1.93 2009/03/08 15:59:57 alexkhansen Exp $
+Generated from $Fink: faq.en.xml,v 1.94 2009/03/08 16:24:26 alexkhansen Exp $
-->
<title>Fink Documentation - The Fink F.A.Q.</title></head><body>
<table width="100%" cellspacing="0">
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
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.
@@ -658,16 +661,7 @@
</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>
@@ -1483,4 +1477,4 @@
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><hr>
-<p>Generated from <i>$Fink: faq.en.xml,v 1.93 2009/03/08 15:59:57 alexkhansen
Exp $</i></p></body></html>
+<p>Generated from <i>$Fink: faq.en.xml,v 1.94 2009/03/08 16:24:26 alexkhansen
Exp $</i></p></body></html>
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - Usage (2)";
$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 15:59:57';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 16:24:26';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php?phpLang=en" title="F.A.Q.
Contents"><link rel="prev" href="usage-general.php?phpLang=en" title="Package
Usage Problems - General">';
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@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
<?
$title = "F.A.Q. - General";
$cvs_author = 'Author: alexkhansen';
-$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 15:59:57';
+$cvs_date = 'Date: 2009/03/08 16:24:26';
$metatags = '<link rel="contents" href="index.php?phpLang=en" title="F.A.Q.
Contents"><link rel="next" href="relations.php?phpLang=en" title="Relations
with Other Projects"><link rel="prev" href="index.php?phpLang=en" title="F.A.Q.
Contents">';
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