Eduardo, Those messages indicate that Fink is not being able to download the indices of binary packages available in the official binary distribution, i.e., it won't be able to detect that a package is available in binary (precompiled) form and can be downloaded instead of built from source. By switching to selfupdate-cvs you've been able to tell Fink not to use rsync and that particular troublesome mirror to download *package descriptions* but Fink is still trying to use that mirror for *binary packages*.
I'm not sure how to disable a particular mirror in Fink. While we figure out what's going on you might want to disable binary distributions altogether by setting UseBinaryDist: false in /sw/etc/fink.conf (this option is also available via fink configure). When UseBinaryDist is false Fink will always build packages from source when needed -- it won't check if packages are available in precompiled form and download them instead. You shouldn't get those error messages after doing this, and you can always re-enable that option later. If you've enabled the unstable tree then most packages won't be available in the official binary distribution anyway. On 19/08/2009, at 03:35, Eduardo Pestana wrote: > Hi Robert, > > Thanks. I checked my /sw/etc/fink.conf file. It already had > MirrorOrder: > set to MasterFirst, so I didn't run "fink configure" > > I proceeded with "fink selfupdate-cvs". It seems to have been ok, > since I > got the message > > "Your Fink installation was successfully set up for direct CVS > updating. The >> directory "/sw/fink.old" contains your old package description >> tree. Its >> contents were merged into the new one, but the old tree was left >> intact for >> safety reasons. If you no longer need it, remove it manually." >> > > but, I also keep getting the err/warning > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Downloading the indexes of available packages in the binary >> distribution. >> /sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait update >> Err http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net 10.5/release/main Packages >> 404 Not Found >> Ign http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net 10.5/release/main Release >> Err http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net 10.5/release/crypto Packages >> 404 Not Found >> Ign http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net 10.5/release/crypto Release >> Err http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net 10.5/current/main Packages >> 404 Not Found >> Ign http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net 10.5/current/main Release >> Err http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net 10.5/current/crypto Packages >> 404 Not Found >> Ign http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net 10.5/current/crypto Release >> Failed to fetch >> http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/mirrors/fink/finkbindist/bindist/dists/10.5/release/main/binary-darwin-i386/Packages >> 404 Not Found >> Failed to fetch >> http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/mirrors/fink/finkbindist/bindist/dists/10.5/release/crypto/binary-darwin-i386/Packages >> 404 Not Found >> Failed to fetch >> http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/mirrors/fink/finkbindist/bindist/dists/10.5/current/main/binary-darwin-i386/Packages >> 404 Not Found >> Failed to fetch >> http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/mirrors/fink/finkbindist/bindist/dists/10.5/current/crypto/binary-darwin-i386/Packages >> 404 Not Found >> Reading Package Lists... Done >> Building Dependency Tree... Done >> E: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or >> old ones >> used instead. >> ### execution of /sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait failed, exit code 100 >> WARNING: Failure while updating indexes. >> Running 'fink scanpackages' may fix indexing problems. >> Scanning package description files.......... >> Information about 9272 packages read in 3 seconds. >> No packages to install. >> >> The core packages have been updated. You should now update the other >> packages >> using commands like 'fink update-all'. >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > I checked again fink.conf and the rsync mirrors are still listed. > > Should I remove the rsync mirrors manually? > or > run "fink configure" and set up the mirrors again? > > Best and thanks again, > Eduardo > > > > > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Robert Wyatt > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Eduardo, >> >> That should have been a temporary problem. If you are experiencing >> it, one >> thing you might try is using "fink configure" and update your >> mirrors to use >> "masters first" or you could use "fink selfupdate-cvs" until the >> rsync >> mirrors are back in sync. (Then you could use "fink selfupdate- >> rsync" to >> switch back later.) >> >> --Robert >> >> >> Eduardo Pestana wrote: >> >>> Is it possible to run >>> --fink selfupdate >>> >>> or >>> >>> --fink update-all >>> >>> in this condition? >>> >>> >>> >>> Felix Frolow wrote: >>> >>>> Recently, doing update o software using FINK I get: >>>> >>>> [adsl-mbfrolow:~] mbfrolow% fink selfupdate >>>> >>> >>> rsync -az -q rsync://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo// >>> TIMESTAMP < >>>> http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//TIMESTAMP> / >>>> sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp >>>> @ERROR: chroot failed >>>> >>> [] >>> >>>> Choosing another site >>>> >>> >>> rsync -az -q rsync://sjc.ca.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo// >>> TIMESTAMP < >>>> http://sjc.ca.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//TIMESTAMP> / >>>> sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp >>>> is picked, but still http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net < >>>> http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/> Not found >>>> >>> >>> is announced several times >>>> How dangerous it is? Is this my site problem (changes in >>>> firewall) or >>>> http://msn.wi.us <http://msn.wi.us/> is down? >>>> >>> >>> It seems that currently the mirror >>> rsync://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo/ < >>> http://msn.wi.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo/> is broken. >>> Another one that is broken is rsync://trd.no.eu.finkmirrors.net/ >>> finkinfo/< >>> http://trd.no.eu.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo/>, it gives "Connection >>> refused". All other mirrors seem to work normally at the moment. >>> >>> I am CCing to the msn email address, too, so they can fix it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. 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