On 10/19/14, 2:01 PM, PNM wrote:
> I tried updating my fink distribution holdover from Mavericks, and I get this 
> error:
>
> Failed: Can't call method "is_installed" on an undefined value at 
> /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/SelfUpdate.pm line 288.
>
> Alex had helped me a little to adapt the previous distribution for Yosemite, 
> but I probably screwed it up, but I thought I'd ask in case there is a simple 
> solution to this particular error.
>
> Payam
>
> __________
> "The police are around in large part to guarantee a peaceful digestion for 
> the rich"
>       ---William Sloane Coffin
>
>

The easiest solution is probably:

get a list of your installed packages

rename your old Fink tree

bootstrap a new tree from fink-0.38.0

Use "sudo dpkg -i <list of relevant filenames filename>" to install from 
the .debs in your old Fink tree (if you kept them around).

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

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