That was indeed wrong, if you had a Fink XFree86 package installed--it confuses the package manager.
Do the following: dpkg --remove --force-depends xfree86-shlibs Then reinstall X11 and the SDK. On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 01:46, D. Evan Kiefer wrote: > Hi, > > Something went wrong with the logic to detect that I installed > Apple's X11 from Panther Disk 3. I thought it suspicious when it went > to get xfree86-4.3.99.16.2 but I thought perhaps it would just be the > shlibs. > > I didn't destroy /etc/X11 or /usr/X11R6 before installing Apple's X11 > and X11SDK thinking it would write over them. Was that wrong? > > Do I have to destroy /sw in order to get fink to work with 10.3? > > Evan > > > dpkg-deb -b root-xfree86-shlibs-4.3.99.16-2 > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system > dpkg-deb: building package `xfree86-shlibs' in > `/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb'. > /bin/ln -sf > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb > > /sw/fink/debs/ > /bin/rm -rf /sw/src/root-xfree86-shlibs-4.3.99.16-2 > /bin/rm -rf /sw/src/root-xfree86-4.3.99.16-2 > dpkg -i > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb > > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb > (Reading database ... 98274 files and directories currently installed.) > Preparing to replace xfree86 4.3.0-16 (using > .../xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > WARNING: if you compile X11 applications against this XFree86 release, > you will *not* be able to run them if you decide to revert to Apple's > X11 provided with Panther. > Unpacking replacement xfree86 ... > Preparing to replace xfree86-shlibs 4.3.0-16 (using > .../xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... > Unpacking replacement xfree86-shlibs ... > Setting up xfree86-shlibs (4.3.99.16-2) ... > > Setting up xfree86 (4.3.99.16-2) ... > ERROR: /etc/X11 exists, but is not a symlink to /usr/X11R6/etc. > dpkg: error processing xfree86 (--install): > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > xfree86 > ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1 > Failed: can't batch-install packages: > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb > > /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/x11-system/xfree86-shlibs_4.3.99.16-2_darwin-powerpc.deb > Darwin::dekiefer:6-> fink list xfree > Information about 1791 packages read in 2 seconds. > i system-xfree86 2:4.3-1 [placeholder > for user installed x11] > i system-xfree86-dev 2:4.3-1 [placeholder > for user installed x11 development tools] > i system-xfree86-shlibs 2:4.3-1 [placeholder > for user installed x11 shared libraries] > xfree86 4.3.99.16-2 Free X11 > implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X > xfree86-base 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 > libraries, utilities, clients and data > xfree86-base-shlibs 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 > libraries, utilities, clients and data > xfree86-base-threaded 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 > libraries, utilities, clients and data > xfree86-base-threaded-shlib 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 > libraries, utilities, clients and data > xfree86-rootless 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 > libraries, utilities, clients and data > xfree86-rootless-shlibs 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 > libraries, utilities, clients and data > xfree86-rootless-threaded 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 > libraries, utilities, clients and data > xfree86-rootless-threaded-s 4.2.1.1-16 XFree86 > libraries, utilities, clients and data > i xfree86-shlibs 4.3.99.16-2 Free X11 > implementation for Darwin and Mac OS X > Darwin::dekiefer:7-> fink describe system-xfree86 > Information about 1791 packages read in 2 seconds. > > system-xfree86-4.3-1: [placeholder for user installed x11] > > Darwin::dekiefer:8-> ll /etc/X11/ > total 0 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 23 Nov 14:24 xsm/ > drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 23 Nov 14:24 xserver/ > drwxr-xr-x 20 root wheel 680 23 Nov 14:24 xkb/ > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 23 Nov 14:24 xinit/ > drwxr-xr-x 13 root wheel 442 23 Nov 14:24 xdm/ > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 23 Nov 14:24 twm/ > drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 204 23 Nov 14:24 rstart/ > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 23 Nov 14:24 proxymngr/ > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 23 Nov 14:24 lbxproxy/ > drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 23 Nov 14:24 fs/ > drwxr-xr-x 35 root wheel 1190 23 Nov 14:24 app-defaults/ > Darwin::dekiefer:9-> fink remove system-xfree86 > /usr/bin/sudo /sw/bin/fink remove system-xfree86 > Password: > Information about 1791 packages read in 2 seconds. > dpkg --remove system-xfree86 > dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86 which isn't > installed. > Darwin::dekiefer:10-> sudo dpkg -r --force-depends !$ > sudo dpkg -r --force-depends system-xfree86 > dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove system-xfree86 which isn't > installed. > Darwin::dekiefer:11-> > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. > Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? 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