I first installed fink, and a few packages, under Jaguar some time ago. Later I updated to Panther and today I tried using fink again. Every "update-all" or "update bzip2" fails with messages like the following:
/usr/bin/install -c -p -m 644 LICENSE README CHANGES manual*.html /sw/src/root-bzip2-dev-1.0.2-12/sw/share/doc/bzip2-dev/
/bin/rm -f /sw/src/root-bzip2-dev-1.0.2-12/sw/info/dir /sw/src/root-bzip2-dev-1.0.2-12/sw/info/dir.old /sw/src/root-bzip2-dev-1.0.2-12/sw/share/info/dir /sw/src/root-bzip2-dev-1.0.2-12/sw/share/info/dir.old
/bin/rm -rf bzip2-1.0.2-12
Writing control file...
Finding prebound objects...
Bad switch -d
Failed: can't make /sw/src/root-bzip2-1.0.2-12/sw/var/lib/fink/prebound/files for bzip2: No such file or directory
I cranked the verbosity all the way up and didn't get any more information on the failing step. I did manage to do
apt-get update apt-get install fink apt-get install ispell (that being the package I really wanted today)
but I still can't update-all. I've searched the TOC of the FAQ and the first six pages of searching for "Bad switch -d" in the -beginners and -user lists. I guess I don't mind if I have to delete /sw and start over, if that's what it takes. Is it?
Possibly not. See if running the following in a terminal window helps you.
sudo /sw/var/lib/fink/prebound/update-package-prebinding.pl -f -- Alexander Hansen Fink Documentarian [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://www.psfc.mit.edu/LDX
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