-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 9/29/11 1:03 PM, mn wrote: > > On Sep 29, 2011, at 5:39 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: >> >> There were some changes in how Fink builds packages introduced >> in fink-0.30, and it's possible that those don't get along with >> compression. >> >> Try the following: >> >> 1) Download an older version of the fink package description >> from our CVS repository: >> >> http://fink.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/fink/dists/10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/base/fink-10.6.info?revision=1.8 >> >> >> 2) Save that in /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo, as fink.info or >> fink-10.6.info >> >> 3) Use "fink install fink-0.29.21-51" to downgrade fink. >> >> 4) Assuming that works, then try installing another package. >> Don't do a selfupdate or update-all yet, because those will >> switch you back to fink-0.31.2-51. > > Trying to downgrade from the latest fink via this route gives the > error attached below at the end of this mail. > > However, in one of my backups I found a deb of version 0.29.21-51, > installed it apparently successfully with dpkg over the latest one > and arrived at the same empty Makefile and no-targets-error as > before when trying to build sed. Running configure and make > manually inside its unfinished build-dir without finks env > initialized but with parameters "--with-libiconv-prefix=/sw > --mandir=/sw/share/man --infodir=/sw/share/info --program-prefix=g" > (as per the sed.info-file) builds the latest binary. > > > > ___error message for downgrade via latest fink: Checking for > Test::More... ./00compile.t ............................ 1/? # > Failed test 'require Fink::version' # at ./00compile.t line 36. # > got: 'Can't locate Fink/version/vpp.pm in @INC (@INC contains: > /sw/src/fink.build/fink-0.29.21-51/perlmod > /sw/lib/perl5/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /sw/lib/perl5/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /sw/lib/perl5/5.10.0 /sw/lib/perl5/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /sw/lib/perl5/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /sw/lib/perl5/5.10.0 /sw/lib/perl5/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /sw/lib/perl5 /sw/lib/perl5/darwin > /sw/lib/perl5/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /sw/lib/perl5/5.10.0 /sw/lib/perl5/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /sw/lib/perl5 /sw/lib/perl5/darwin /Library/Perl/Updates/5.10.0 > /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0 > /Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /Library/Perl/5.10.0 > /Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Network/Library/Perl > /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0 .) at (eval 144) line 2. # BEGIN > failed--compilation aborted at (eval 144) line 2. # Compilation > failed in require at (eval 142) line 3. # ' # expected: '' > > # Failed test 'require Fink::version::vpp' # at ./00compile.t > line 36. # got: 'Can't locate Fink/version/vpp.pm in @INC > (@INC contains: /sw/src/fink.build/fink-0.29.21-51/perlmod > /sw/lib/perl5/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /sw/lib/perl5/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /sw/lib/perl5/5.10.0 /sw/lib/perl5/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /sw/lib/perl5/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /sw/lib/perl5/5.10.0 /sw/lib/perl5/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /sw/lib/perl5 /sw/lib/perl5/darwin > /sw/lib/perl5/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /sw/lib/perl5/5.10.0 /sw/lib/perl5/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /sw/lib/perl5 /sw/lib/perl5/darwin /Library/Perl/Updates/5.10.0 > /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /System/Library/Perl/5.10.0 > /Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /Library/Perl/5.10.0 > /Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /Network/Library/Perl/5.10.0 /Network/Library/Perl > /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0/darwin-thread-multi-2level > /System/Library/Perl/Extras/5.10.0 .) at (eval 147) line 3. # ' # > expected: '' # Looks like you failed 2 tests of 126. ./00compile.t > ............................ Dubious, test returned 2 (wstat 512, > 0x200) Failed 2/126 subtests ./10features/users_groups.t > .............. ok ./10features/volume.t .................... ok > ./Base/initialize.t ...................... ok ./Base/param.t > ........................... ok ./Base/param_boolean.t > ................... ok ./CLI/capture.t .......................... > ok ./Command/cat.t .......................... ok > ./Command/chowname.t ..................... ok ./Command/commands.t > ..................... ok ./Command/du_sk.t ........................ > ok ./Command/exports.t ...................... ok > ./Command/failure.t ...................... ok ./Command/touch.t > ........................ ok ./Config/exports.t > ....................... ok ./Config/failure.t > ....................... ok ./Config/flag.t > .......................... ok ./Config/load_save.t > ..................... ok ./Config/options.t ....................... > ok ./Config/param.t ......................... ok > ./Config/verbosity_level.t ............... ok ./Engine/fetch.t > ......................... ok ./Finally/buildlocks.t > ................... ok ./Finally/finally.t ...................... > ok ./FinkVersion/exports.t .................. ok > ./FinkVersion/version.t .................. 1/? # Failed test > 'fink_version matches VERSION' # at ./FinkVersion/version.t line > 13. # got: '0.31.2' # expected: '0.29.21' # Looks like > you failed 1 test of 2. ./FinkVersion/version.t .................. > Dubious, test returned 1 (wstat 256, 0x100) Failed 1/2 subtests > ./Mirror/exports.t ....................... ok ./Notify/exports.t > ....................... ok ./Package/duplicate_fullnames.t > .......... ok ./PkgVersion/get_perl.t .................. ok > ./PkgVersion/get_ruby.t .................. ok > ./PkgVersion/get_splitoffs.t ............. ok > ./PkgVersion/non_consecutive_source.t .... ok > ./SelfUpdate/last_done.t ................. ok > ./SelfUpdate/subclasses.t ................ ok > ./Services/eval_conditional.t ............ ok > ./Services/execute_nonroot_okay.t ........ ok > ./Services/expand_percent.t .............. ok > ./Services/prepare_script.t .............. ok > ./Services/spec2struct.t ................. ok > ./Services/version_cmp.t ................. ok ./Text/DelimMatch.t > ...................... ok ./Validation/_filename_versioning_cmp.t > .. ok ./Validation/exports.t ................... ok > > Test Summary Report ------------------- ./00compile.t > (Wstat: 512 Tests: 126 Failed: 2) Failed tests: 121, 124 Non-zero > exit status: 2 ./Command/failure.t (Wstat: 0 > Tests: 49 Failed: 0) TODO passed: 33 ./FinkVersion/version.t > (Wstat: 256 Tests: 2 Failed: 1) Failed test: 2 Non-zero exit > status: 1 Files=44, Tests=1015, 10 wallclock secs ( 0.28 usr 0.09 > sys + 4.53 cusr 0.74 csys = 5.64 CPU) Result: FAIL Failed 2/44 > test programs. 3/1015 subtests failed. xargs: /usr/bin/perl: exited > with status 255; aborting make: *** [test] Error 124 ### execution > of make failed, exit code 2 > > >
Ah, the inability to downgrade is a known issue which I had forgotten about. Can we see some output from an attempt to build something using fink? A verbal description stating "empty Makefile and no-targets-error" doesn't really provide enough information to understand the problem. - -- Alexander Hansen Fink User Liaison -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6FHr8ACgkQB8UpO3rKjQ+jigCfej2ZAhRvs3Gdxcr/AGgVI1sz o0YAn1XzsQYeYDUYY1GSH4wvSVP5z8kN =0iV1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel