Excuse me, I stupidly misled you. This may change your answer. I didn't update Perl recently, I updated Java. Dumb mistake; I claim weariness.
sorry, Michael On 12 Mar 2003, Alexander Hansen wrote: > On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 11:36, Birdy Complex wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I tried to install imagemagick & got this weird error. I did a > > selfupdate-cvs of fink (twice) and got the same error at the end of all > > the selfupdating messages. > > " > > Use of uninitialized value in string ne at > > /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 119. > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at > > /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 119. > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at > > /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 119. > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at > > /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 119. > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at > > /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 120. > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at > > /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 120. > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at > > /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 121. > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) at > > /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/PkgVersion.pm line 121. > > Use of uninitialized value in substitution iterator at > > /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 247. > > " > > > > Can you please help me? I don't know what the problem really is. I just > > know that this looks unusual after a selfupdate & that it's preventing me > > from installing imagemagick. > > > > I'm using a b&w G3 300 MHz running OS X v.10.2.4. I'm using Apple's X11 > > v.0.2.1. I do have fink-unstable active, if that's relevant. > > > > Some things I've done recently that may or may not have anything to do > > with this: > > 1) I updated perl when that showed up in the Software Update pane. > > This kind of looks like the problem people get when perl gets updated. > > > 2) I munged my X11 installation by trying to use the "X11 Extension" which > > I think killed my xinit file(s). Now my X11 windows show up without title > > bars. Very annoying. By default they show up beneath the menu bar, too. > > > That looks like the behavior you'd get if the window manager isn't > running. Check and make sure (with "ps -aux", for example) that you > have a window manager running. > > > > Many thanks, > > complex > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! > > Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and > > the chance of winning an Apple iPod: > > http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en > > _______________________________________________ > > Fink-beginners mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > -- > Alexander K. Hansen > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > visiting MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center > Levitated Dipole Experiment > 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by:Crypto Challenge is now open! Get cracking and register here for some mind boggling fun and the chance of winning an Apple iPod: http://ads.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/redirect.pl?thaw0031en _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners