[Fink-beginners] Fink Selfupdate and Update-all Failing

[John Hughes]

I recently upgraded to Mac OS X 10.3.2 and I am trying to use a fresh install of Fink (0.6.2) together with the helper application FinkCommander (0.5.1). I should also add that I am a complete novice when it comes to Unix.

During this last week, using a dial-up link, I have made repeated attempts to get Fink Selfupdate and Update-all to work but to no avail. Regardless of whether the command is given via FinkCommander or in Apple's Terminal, Fink Selfupdate fails like this (FinkCommander example):


I will now run the rsync command to retrieve the latest package descriptions.

Updating stable/main 
rsync -az --delete-after -q 'rsync://master.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo/10.3/stable/main/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/10.3/stable/main/'
Updating stable/crypto 
rsync -az --delete-after -q 'rsync://master.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo/10.3/stable/crypto/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/10.3/stable/crypto/'
Updating unstable/crypto 
rsync -az --delete-after -q 'rsync://master.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo/10.3/unstable/crypto/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/10.3/unstable/crypto/'
Updating unstable/main 
rsync -az --delete-after -q 'rsync://master.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo/10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/10.3/unstable/main/'
find . -name CVS | xargs rm -rf 
rsync -az -q rsync://master.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//VERSION /sw/fink/VERSION
touch stamp-rsync-live && rm -f stamp-cvs-live
Reading package info...
Updating package index... done.
Information about 2367 packages read in 237 seconds.
The following package will be installed or updated:
fink
curl -f -L -O http://distfiles.opendarwin.org/fink-0.18.0.tar.gz
curl: (7) Connect failed
### execution of curl failed, exit code 7
Downloading the file "fink-0.18.0.tar.gz" failed.


If I copy the URL "http://distfiles.opendarwin.org/fink-0.18.0.tar.gz" to Download Wizard (1.5) it succeeds in downloading "fink-0.18.0.tar.gz" every time! However, this does not take me very far as FinkCommander refuses to accept and action the preference "Look for downloads in this directory: /Users/Shared/Downloads".

Moving on to Fink Update-all, I am repeatedly encountering this error message:


Failed: Illegal version specification '>= 1:495-1' for package cctools-extra


In FinkCommander the listing reads as follows:-

Status: outdated	
Name: cctools-extra	
Installed: 20030516-2
Latest: 1:495-1	
Binary: null
Unstable: 1:495-1	
Category : base   
Summary: Extra software from cctools


Is there something wrong with Fink? 

Is there a work around that I should use?


Thanks

John Hughes

(My system: iBook, White, late 2001 model, 1024 x 768 LCD, 500 MHz PowerPC G3 processor, Memory 384 MB, ATI/ATY Rage M3 8 MB VRAM, Dual USB, FireWire, Toshiba 9.4 GB Hard Disk (MK1017GAP), Sony CD-RW drive (CRX700E), Mac OS X 10.3.2 (Build 7D24).)