On Dec 10, 2007 8:35 PM, Alexander K. Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > 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:
<snip> > > 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 to get exactly the same error with the same outdated fink version.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" This produced again the same error, and it tried to install the same old version. I figured that if I had first updated fink before upgrading to Leopard, there would be much fewer problems. Luckily I could still do this, because I have swapped my MBP hard disk with the one from a (larger) external enclosure and did a clean Leopard install on the new drive. This means I can still boot in my old Tiger installation from the external disk. I ran the selfupdate there, and it worked perfectly. So I cloned the updated /sw directory again, and now I can finally run "fink reinstall fink" successfully. The morale of this story is: if you're going to upgrade to Leopard, make sure your fink installation is up-to-date before you start. Next on the list is trying to get rid of those xfree86 errors... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
