Ok great thanks a ton. I was wondering if I can just bypass the validation
check by commenting out the validation code in installationcheck?
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On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Alexander Hansen <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> Neil Satra wrote:
> > This is the output of console:
> > running InstallationCheck...
> > Fink Installer: This Installer is for Mac OS X 10.4, not . Bailing out.
> >
> > Which is the output when the following code in installation check is
> > fired off:
> >
> > # x.y.z form (10.4.6, for example)
> > my $OSXVersion = qx{defaults read
> > /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion ProductUserVisibleVersion};
> > $OSXVersion = '' if !defined $OSXVersion;
> > chomp $OSXVersion;
> >
> > # make sure OS X version is the distro for which we're configured
> > if ($OSXVersion !~ /^\Q$target_OSX./) {
> > print "Fink Installer: This Installer is for Mac OS X
> > $target_OSX, not $OSXVersion. Bailing out.\n";
> > # no printf in .strings, so gotta case on hard-coded values:(
> > if ($target_OSX eq '10.3') {
> > $errmsg = 20;
> > } elsif ($target_OSX eq '10.4') {
> > $errmsg = 21;
> > } else {
> > $errmsg = 4;
> > }
> > last;
> > }
> >
> > And my $target_OSX = '10.4'; meaning I don't understand why the code is
> > getting fired off. The comment after the setting of the target_OSX
> > variable bothers me though: "# is replaced by buildpkg.sh script" . Is
> > that changing the variable so that it doesn't equal 10.4 and my system
> > doesn't validate correctly? Or is that just a comment about the compile
> > time processes when the installer was made?
> >
> >
>
> It seems to me like $OSXVersion isn't getting set properly, for reasons
> that are mysterious to me given that you're able to get the right result
> by running the command manually. I'm judging that by the fact that
> $OSXVersion is null in the output error message.
>
> I don't have convenient access to a 10.4 box just this moment, but when
> I get home I can switch one over (albeit 10.4/PowerPC) and see what I get.
>
> > On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Alexander Hansen
> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> wrote:
> >
> > Neil Satra wrote:
> >> I am trying to install Fink on a Mac OS X 10.4.11 (Tiger) machine, for
> >> the first time. So I downloaded Fink 0.8.1 Intel Installer, but when I
> >> run the installer package on it, it checks my system and then gives an
> >> error saying:
> >> "Fink Cannot be installed on this computer.
> >> This Fink Installer is for OS X 10.4 only. Please visit
> >> http://finkproject.org to get the correct installer for your system
> >> version."
> >
> >> Now I'm pretty sure my OS is 10.4.11, as it says so in the 'About this
> >> Mac' dialog as well as when I access 'defaults read /System/Library/
> >> CoreServices/SystemVersion ProductUserVisibleVersion'. I don't
> > know why
> >> the installer won't let me proceed. Can someone please help?
> >
> >
> >
> > Open up the Console application from /Applications/Utilities, select the
> > "Console Messages" option, and make another attempt at using the
> > installer. That should provide a little more verbosity and we'll be
> > able to see better what is going on.
> >
>
> - --
> Alexander Hansen
> Fink User Liaison
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