Hi John, I'm the originator of the first thread on this subject. I found a way around the problem, but it doesn't address the underlying issue. Someone at UCSF has precompiled the entire Fink package for 10.6. Here's the link:
http://msg.ucsf.edu/faq/MacOSX-10.6.x-MacIntel.html I downloaded the entire 6 parts of the archive (8.5GB) and unpacked it as directed. It seems to work fine. I think if you want to use the 64-bit stuff, you could simply rename the /sw folder /sw64. Someone should correct me if I'm wrong. Hanspeter, I did not have a custom icon for my HD. The computer has a single hard drive. File Vault is turned off (never been turned on to my knowledge). The /._. file is 161 bytes, quite small. file /._. returns '._.: AppleDouble encoded Macintosh file' I've tried to remove it prior to installation, but it comes right back during installation. I hope this helps! Eugene On May 21, 2010, at 10:16 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 18:50:57 -0700 > From: john gale <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] installing Fink on SnowLeopard > To: fink beginners mailing list <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > On May 21, 2010, at 6:23 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote: > >> In the thread you referenced, Hanspeter had asked whether the original >> poster had a custom icon for the hard drive where Fink was being >> installed. Do you have one? > > > Ah, forgot that question. No, I do not have a custom icon for the HD that > Fink is being installed on. > > However, that still shouldn't be installed in /._. > > When I paste a custom icon onto a SnowLeopard HD, there is a file written at > /.VolumeIcon.icns > > What is the original problem? No system file that I know of writes anything > to /._. let alone any dot-underbar file. Dot-underbar files (AppleDouble) > are generally reserved for filesystems that do not understand resource forks > or extended attributes, of which any HFS+ FS should (which is what mine, and > most Mac OS boot volumes, is). > > ~ john > > > ------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > [email protected] > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners > > End of Fink-beginners Digest, Vol 49, Issue 11 > ********************************************** Eugene Wu, Ph.D. University of Richmond Department of Biology Gottwald Science Center, A-311 Richmond, VA 23173 [email protected] (804)287-6449
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