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Alexander Thomas wrote:
> I upgraded to Leopard, and although I did a clean install, I
> figured that it should be possible to just copy my old /sw
> directory (using sudo cp -rp) and then upgrade Fink using the
> instructions on the Fink home page. But apparently it isn't. When I
>  try "fink selfupdate", it fails as follows:
>
> could not determine XFree86 version number rsync -az -q
> rsync://hnd.jp.asi.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//TIMESTAMP
> /sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp I will now run the rsync command to retrieve
>  the latest package descriptions. rsync -rtz --delete-after
> --delete -q   --include='10.4/' --include='10.4/stable/'
> --include='10.4/stable/main/'
> --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/'
> --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/*/'
> --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/*'
> --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/'
> --include='10.4/stable/' --include='10.4/stable/crypto/'
> --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/'
> --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*/'
> --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*'
> --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/'
> --include='10.4/unstable/' --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/'
> --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/'
> --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/*/'
> --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/*'
> --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/'
> --include='10.4/unstable/' --include='10.4/unstable/main/'
> --include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/'
> --include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/*/'
> --include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/*'
> --include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='VERSION'
> --include='DISTRIBUTION' --include='README' --exclude='**'
> 'rsync://hnd.jp.asi.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/'
> /usr/bin/find '/sw/fink/10.4/stable/main' -name CVS -type d -print0
>  | xargs -0 /bin/rm -rf /usr/bin/find '/sw/fink/10.4/stable/crypto'
>  -name CVS -type d -print0 | xargs -0 /bin/rm -rf /usr/bin/find
> '/sw/fink/10.4/unstable/crypto' -name CVS -type d -print0 | xargs
> -0 /bin/rm -rf /usr/bin/find '/sw/fink/10.4/unstable/main' -name
> CVS -type d -print0 | xargs -0 /bin/rm -rf Downloading the indexes
> of available packages in the binary distribution.
> /sw/bin/apt-get-lockwait -q update Hit
> http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/main Packages Hit
> http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/main Release Hit
> http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/crypto Packages Hit
> http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/release/crypto Release Hit
> http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/main Packages Hit
> http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/main Release Hit
> http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/crypto Packages Hit
> http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.4/current/crypto Release could
> not determine XFree86 version number Reading Package Lists...
> Building Dependency Tree... Scanning package description
> files.......... Information about 6255 packages read in 14 seconds.
>  could not determine XFree86 version number The following package
> will be installed or updated: fink Reading buildlock packages...
> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i
> /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-i386/base/fink_0.27.1-31_darwin-i386.deb
>  could not determine XFree86 version number (Reading database ...
> 7978 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to
> replace fink 0.27.1-31 (using .../fink_0.27.1-31_darwin-i386.deb)
> ... Unpacking replacement fink ... Setting up fink (0.27.1-31) ...
>  Checking system... i386-apple-darwin9.1.0 Use of uninitialized
> value in substitution (s///) at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line
>  1372. Under Mac OS X 10.5.1, Fink must be bootstrapped or updated
> with gcc 4.0, however, you currently have gcc (unknown version)
> selected. To correct this problem, run the command:
>
> sudo gcc_select
>
> You may need to install a more recent version of the Developer
> Tools (Apple's XCode) to be able to do so. /sw/bin/dpkg: error
> processing fink (--install): subprocess post-installation script
> returned error exit status 2 Errors were encountered while
> processing: fink ### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed,
> exit code 1 Failed: can't install package fink-0.27.1-31
>
>
> There is no gcc_select on my system and apparently this is normal
> in Leopard. I do have the latest Developer tools installed. When I
> look at this output, it seems that it tries to reinstall the old
> version (0.27.1), while there is a (much) newer version (0.27.8)
> available. I tried setting the rsync mirror to
> "rsync://hnd.jp.asi.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo/" which is reported to
>  be the "only reliable rsync mirror" in a previous posting to this
> list, but no luck. Eventually I tried "fink selfupdate-cvs", only
> to get exactly the same error with the same outdated fink version.
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> -
Try "fink reinstall fink"

- --
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink User Liaison/Documenter
akh AT finkproject DOT org
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