> On Nov 3, 2015, at 10:53, Gary K. Olson <garykol...@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> I am attempting to upgrade an old macbookpro running 10.10 to 10.11.  I am 
> currently running fink 0.39.2 on this machine. If I attempt to run fink O.39 
> to change the fink branch to 10.11 I get message: 
> 
> ERROR: '/sw' exists and contains installed software. Refusing to install 
> there.
> 
> What do I need to do? Thanks for any help.
> 
> Gary K Olson
> 
> Package manager version: 0.39.2
> Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Tue Nov  3 11:03:48 2015, 10.10, x86_64
> Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto local/injected
> XCODE 7.1
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What do you mean by “run fink 0.39”?   It looks like you’re trying to use the 
bootstrap script.

Just use “fink reinstall fink” to reset the distribution.  

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Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
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