Thanks!
Here is the proposed FAQ entry:
• 4 Installing, Using and Maintaining Fink
4.25 Error: Failed: No mirror site list file found for mirror '<mirrorname>'."
Q. When I try to update Fink or a fink package, I get an error "Failed: No mirror site list file found for mirror '<mirrorname>'."
A. Version 0.17-3 addresses this (correct this if not correct) . Following the instructions below (from http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/cvsaccess/index.php) should resolve this issue.
-------from Fink site-------
From: http://fink.sourceforge.net/doc/cvsaccess/index.php
Updating the Package Manager
Note: As of September 20, 2001 it is no longer necessary to update the package manager separately; it is treated like any other package. It's still possible to update it directly from CVS, though this is usually only interesting for people creating packages, not the average user.
The package manager must be updated through a separate directory and the inject.pl script. That script puts package descriptions and tarballs for the fink and base-files packages in your Fink tree and builds them.
For the first time procedure, you need a temporary directory (called tempdir in the example) which is empty (or at least doesn't contain a subdirectory named 'fink'). The procedure goes like this:
cd tempdir
cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/fink login
cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/fink co fink
cd fink
./inject.pl
On Dec 24, 2003, at 10:22 AM, Martin Costabel wrote:
Fink selfupdate installs the new fink-0.17.2-1 and then crashees when trying to install the new fink-mirrors package:
Re-executing fink to use the new version...
Information about 2203 packages read in 3 seconds.
The following package will be installed or updated:
fink-mirrors
Failed: No mirror site list file found for mirror 'sourceforge'.
This is not surprising, because the new fink doesn't contain the mirror list any more. I think the fink-mirrors package should have a hard-coded source URL, not a mirror:sourceforge one.
I am now trying to find a way out of this by
1. reinstalling the old version of fink-0.17.1-1
2. fink fetch fink-mirrors
3. fink install fink-mirrors (which will ask for reupdating fink, too)
OK, this worked.
I think if this is not fixed, we will soon need a new FAQ entry about this problem :-)
Merry Christmas everyone
--
Martin
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