On 10/23/05, Moritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alexander, > > thanks so much for following up on my problems. The main point I'm > having is that I don't want to use the source distribution, hence > CVS/rsync is definitely out of the question for me. Thanks for > pointing out the relevant entries in the FAQ, but they only apply to > the source distribution. > > The instructions in the first news entry on the Fink homepage don't > specify if they're for the binary or the source distribution: > > "Users upgrading to 10.4 can now simply issue a fink selfupdate command, > followed by sudo /sw/lib/fink/postinstall.pl (for first-time > updaters on 10.4), > fink scanpackages and sudo apt-get update. " > > Hence I assumed that they're valid for binary distributions as well. > If they implicitly assume that a source distribution is present, then > this is probably a bug in the instructions that should be fixed. > > At 17:04 Uhr -0400 2005-10-23, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > >It looks like you weren't set up to use rsync or CVS updates. A > >minority of people who use the "fink" tool don't have those enabled, > >so it was assumed, apparently, that "fink selfupdate" would update > >from rsync or CVS. > > yes, that's correct - I'm using binary only (actually I'm not sure > I'm a member of a minority in that respect... The average user is > probably going to be satisfied with binary releases only...) > > At 17:04 Uhr -0400 2005-10-23, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > >In that case "sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get > >dist-upgrade" should have brought you over. > > no, unfortunately not: > > [llama:~] root# apt-get update > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/release/main Packages > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/release/main Release > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/release/crypto Packages > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/release/crypto Release > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/current/main Packages > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/current/main Release > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/current/crypto Packages > Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/current/crypto Release > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > [llama:~] root# apt-get dist-upgrade > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependency Tree... Done > Calculating Upgrade... Done > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > > Again, Fink (or apt, that is) doesn't seem to realize that there's a > 10.4 distribution available. To let me understand, what should be the > underlying mechanism that tells apt-get about the new distro? > > At 17:04 Uhr -0400 2005-10-23, Alexander K. Hansen wrote: > >Moreover, the output you showed didn't indicate whether you ran > >/sw/lib/postinstall.pl or not--that script detects your OS (among > >other things). > > it did: > > At 2:30 Uhr +0200 2005-10-23, Moritz wrote: > >llama:~ root# /sw/lib/fink/postinstall.pl > >Checking system... powerpc-apple-darwin8.2.0 > >This system was not released at the time this Fink release was made. > >Prerelease > >versions of Mac OS X might work with Fink, but there are no guarantees. > >ln -s 10.3 /sw/fink/dists > > But, looking at the code of postinstall.pl, I can't see how > postinstall.pl should get to know about 10.4, since it's still the > postinstall.pl from the 0.7.2 distro, so it can't possibly know about > 10.4. > > I'm still highly confused. Can you shine any more light into this issue? > > Thanks again, > > Moritz >
Hmmm...I was _told_ that apt-get was supposed to work, but didn't try it myself. Maybe "apt-get install --reinstall fink" will do it (possibly also including another run of postinstall.pl). -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005 Visit http://www.jboss.com/services/certification for more information _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
