Geoff Down wrote: > > On 25 Oct 2009, at 00:46, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> Geoff Down wrote: >>> On 24 Oct 2009, at 19:26, Alexander Hansen wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Please reply to the list, not just me. I'm not personal tech support. >>>> >>> >>> Sorry, I thought I was still on hold awaiting moderator approval. >>> >>> >>>> You may have to pick a new continent to get a new binary distribution >>>> mirror. >>>> >>> >>> That doesn't seem to give more options. >>> >>> >>>> Either that, or I think you can manually change Mirror-apt in >>>> /sw/etc/fink.conf (which you'll have to edit as a superuser) and have >>>> it >>>> point to one of the following mirrors: >>>> >>>> http://fink.sodan.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/bindist/bindist >>>> http://bindist.ber.de.eu.finkmirrors.net >>>> http://ams.nl.eu.finkmirrors.net/bindist >>>> http://sjc.ca.us.finkmirrors.net/bindist >>>> >>> >>> All subdomains of finkmirrors.net are affected by the current outage, >>> so it would have to be Japan. >>> Having done that, it still is looking for bindist.finkmirrors.net for >>> some reason: >>> ============= >>> fink -b install ircii >>> >>> Reading package info... >>> Updating package index... /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/cc1plus is >>> not executable! >>> done. >>> /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/cc1plus is not executable! >>> Information about 2130 packages read in 72 seconds. >>> The following package will be installed or updated: >>> ircii >>> /sw/bin/apt-get -q --ignore-breakage --download-only install >>> ircii=20030709-1 >>> /usr/libexec/gcc/darwin/ppc/3.3/cc1plus is not executable! >>> Reading Package Lists... >>> Building Dependency Tree... >>> The following NEW packages will be installed: >>> ircii >>> 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 22 not >>> upgraded. >>> Need to get 708kB of archives. After unpacking 4157kB will be used. >>> Err http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/release/main ircii 20030709-1 >>> Could not resolve 'bindist.finkmirrors.net' >>> Failed to fetch >>> http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/bindist/dists/fink-0.7.2/main/binary- >>> darwin-powerpc//net/ircii_20030709-1_darwin-powerpc.deb Could not >>> resolve 'bindist.finkmirrors.net' >>> E: Some files failed to download >>> ### execution of /sw/bin/apt-get failed, exit code 100 >>> Failed: Downloading the binary package >>> 'ircii_20030709-1_darwin-powerpc.deb' failed. >>> >>> cat /sw/etc/fink.conf >>> >>> # Fink configuration, initially created by bootstrap.pl >>> Basepath: /sw >>> RootMethod: sudo >>> Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto >>> Distribution: 10.3 >>> Mirror-apt: http://fink.sodan.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/bindist/bindist >>> Mirror-cpan: ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/languages/perl/CPAN/ >>> Mirror-ctan: ftp://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/ >>> Mirror-debian: ftp.debian.org >>> Mirror-gimp: ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/ >>> Mirror-gnome: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/ >>> Mirror-gnu: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu >>> Mirror-kde: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/ >>> Mirror-master: http://distfiles.bru.be.eu.finkmirrors.net/ >>> Mirror-rsync: rsync://bru.be.eu.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo/ >>> Mirror-sourceforge: http://west.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ >>> MirrorContinent: nam >>> MirrorCountry: nam >>> MirrorOrder: ClosestFirst >>> ProxyPassiveFTP: true >>> UseBinaryDist: true >>> Verbose: 1 >>> =========== >>> >> Run a "fink selfupdate" and also check /sw/etc/apt/sources.list. >> > > OK, bearing in mind I don't know what any of these commands mean.... > I tried this and was given a choice of update method, with the default > being rsync. > So I said yes, and it tried connecting to various URLs all on subdomains > of finkmirrors.net - which of course failed. > After that I tried rerunning selfupdate, but no longer got the choice of > method - and rsync fails again. > GD >
[Use the "Reply to All" function on your mailer to make sure it goes to the list. The list default is to reply to the last posting individual.] Rsync is down. Use "fink selfupdate-cvs" to switch over to that operaional mode. -- Alexander Hansen Fink User Liaison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
