-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Alexander Thomas wrote: > 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 to get exactly the same error with the same outdated fink version.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... The official recommendation is to update Fink before Leopard, so you're seconded there. s Unfortunately, the "xfree86" issue isn't something on your end, per se. It's due to how Apple versions X11 and how Fink detects that. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
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