You're not; the reasons that it occurs aren't clear yet, though. On Aug 31, 2008, at 2:13 PM, jdelisle wrote:
> I installed fink, and decided to go with the unstable packages so I > could use mplayer. This didn't work well, mplayer failed to compile.. > =( So I decided to try again, and rm -r'd my sw directory. > > Reinstalling kept giving me symlink/permission errors, even after > multiple reboots, admin-user changes, and disk permission repairs. > Then I found the post below from Martin, and it fixed my problem. Can > the FAQ maintainer please add this to the FAQ? I'm sure I'm not the > only one who will be bit by this.. =) > > David wrote: >> First I need to admit that I am not all that comfortable with >> "command >> line interface", that said, here is my issue. I downloaded Fink then >> for reasons that are not important, I uninstalled Fink. When I >> attempt >> to re-install Fink I get the message that it will not install on my >> drive (the only one I have) because "cannot perform symlink test on >> this >> volume because of a permissions problem". I am then told to run the >> disk utility and "repair permissions". I have done this numerous time >> with no success. > > Anyway, for being absolutely sure about this, please show the output > of > the command > > ls -lad / > > If it does not start with "drwxrwxr-t", but rather with "drwxr-xr-x" > (note the absence of the second "w"), then run > > sudo chmod 1775 / > > and try the installer again. > > -- > Martin > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
