On 10/28/13 7:04 AM, Bill Waggoner wrote:
> On my test 10.9 system this morning I installed cvs (under fink of
> course) which went well then I tried to selfupdate using cvs:
>
> `--> fink selfupdate-cvs
>
> Please note: the simple command 'fink selfupdate' should be used for routine
> updating; you only need to use a command like 'fink selfupdate-cvs' or 'fink
> selfupdate --method=rsync' if you are changing your update method.
>
> The current selfupdate method is rsync. Do you wish to change this default
> method to cvs? [Y/n]
> fink is setting your default update method to cvs
>
> Fink has the capability to run the cvs commands as a normal user. That has 
> some
> advantages - it uses that user's CVS settings files and allows the package
> descriptions to be edited and updated without becoming root. Please specify 
> the
> user login name that should be used: [dad]
>
> For Fink developers only: Enter your SourceForge login name to set up full CVS
> access. Other users, just press return to set up anonymous read-only access.
> [anonymous]
>
> Checking to see if we can use hard links to merge the existing tree. Please
> ignore errors on the next few lines.
> Now logging into the CVS server. When CVS asks you for a password, just press
> return (i.e. the password is empty).
> /usr/bin/su dad -c 'cvs
> -d":pserver:anonym...@fink.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/fink" login'
> Logging in to :pserver:anonym...@fink.cvs.sourceforge.net:2401/cvsroot/fink
> CVS password:
> cvs login: warning: failed to open /Users/dad/.cvspass for reading: No
> such file or directory
> Setting up base Fink directory...
> /usr/bin/su dad -c 'cvs -q -z3
> -d":pserver:anonym...@fink.cvs.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/fink" checkout
> -l -d fink dists'
> U fink/.cvsignore
> U fink/README
> U fink/VERSION
>
> --> Here there is a very long pause, I thought it was hung. <--
>
> cvs [checkout aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if 
> any)
> ### execution of /usr/bin/su failed, exit code 1
> Failed: Downloading package descriptions from CVS failed.
>
> ------
>
> This is, you may recall, a bootstrap from Futureproof2 so I may be
> attempting something illegal or illogical. It's been known to happen!
>
> When I reattempted the selfupdate I got the same result (minus the
> warning about the .cvspass file which now exists) ...
>
> selfupdate-rsync worked OK but it didn't pull the -2 version of vim-nox
>
> TIA
>
> Bill W
>

Keep trying.   I had a similar problem, but it was able to resolve 
itself after a couple of repeats.

This version of Fink's cvs has had this problem in the past, which is 
why I pulled it out of the distro when Apple shipped the same version in 
Xcode.  My recollection is that smaller checkouts are less prone to that.

-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/

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