thanks! andrew Alexander K. Hansen said: > > > On May 23, 2005, at 6:55 PM, andrew cooke wrote: > >> >> [originally sent to fink-beginnners, but received no reply] >> >> hi, >> >> i don't know zip about fink or macs, but seem to be responsible for my >> partner's powerbook (g4 12" running osx 10.3.9). maybe a year ago i >> installed fink and used it for something (x11, i think). it worked >> fine >> then. >> >> now she wants to install gimp. when i ran update i got errors about >> cvs >> conflicts. after removing some files (as instructed by the "in the >> way" >> cvs errors) i got the following error when i did an update (ie >> clicking on >> the green icon with a downwards pointing arrow in fink commander): >> >> [lots of cvs output] >> Reading package info... >> No package name in [... many similar lines] >> Failed: Error performing percent expansion: unknown % expansion or >> nesting >> too deep: "python%type_pkg[python]". at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm >> line 284. >> >> this is with >>> fink --version >> Package manager version: 0.17.1 >> Distribution version: 0.7.0.cvs >> > > That's way, way, old for 10.3.9. > > >> looking for previous help with this problem, all i found was an email >> at >> http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php? >> forum_id=3200&style=flat&viewday=28&viewmonth=200406 >> which said "wipe /sw and start over". >> >> is that correct? if so, what happens to software previously installed >> with fink? does it get wiped too? > > Umm...that's what "wiped" means. ;-) > > >> if so, can i get a list of currently >> installed software so i know what to reinstall? >> > > fink list -t -i > >> alternatively, how do i fix the problem i have? >> >> thanks, >> andrew >> >> > > Try this: > > > sudo apt-get update > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade > > That'll update you without using the fink command. The problem here is > that you have such an old version of Fink installed that the syntax of > the package descriptions has changed. > > --AH > >
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