True, moving back the OLD version would NOT contain the ._ files -- but, those were compiled against the 10.8 version...which, when run, with anything but fink list fails (OK, I only tried fink list and fink self update) basically citing (if I remember correctly) that 10.9 was not a valid value and some other variable was undefined.
I wish I could just re-compile and update the base files and get it to be selfupdate-able... The "instructions" on the fink site pretty much said in essence 'back up list of installed software', re-bootstrap a new version, 'reinstall the old list'...I've been using FINK for a while (10.4-ish) and NEVER has it been so wonky... The ._ files are appearing on that drive are a direct result of bootstrapping -- it CREATES a /._. file and a /._sw file and at the SAME time it creates /sw. (As a test I even tried manually creating a blank /sw directory -- no such luck -- it creates those 2 files) I CANNOT see why it's constantly creating ._ files -- especially since it ONLY calls mkdir 3 times -- it calls /bin/mkdir -p -m755 or just -p). Manually invoking mkdir does NOT make a ._ file. Here's the diskutil output: diskutil list /dev/disk2 #: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER 0: GUID_partition_scheme *1.0 TB disk2 1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB disk2s1 2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 763.2 GB disk2s2 3: Apple_Boot Recovery HD 784.2 MB disk2s3 4: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 236.0 GB disk2s4 So, it IS an HFS+ disk. -----Original Message----- >From: Hanspeter Niederstrasser <[email protected]> >Sent: May 22, 2014 1:43 PM >To: David Fass <[email protected]>, fink-beginners ><[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [Fink-beginners] Problems Bootstrapping Fink in 10.9.2 > >On 5/21/2014 9:42 PM, David Fass wrote: >> Originally, the OLD version (10.8) was a symlink to an external hard drive. >> >> However, I deleted the symlink and re-put the /sw directory back on the >> main Hard Drive (the drive being booted from). >> >> I even rm -r¹d /sw a few times, just because I wanted to preserve /sw, >> since bootstrap will not overwrite /swŠ >> >> On a whim, I tried using using bootstrap and setting up /sw2Šsame issue. >> >> Here¹s what it looks like: >> >> sh-3.2# rm -r /sw >> sh-3.2# cd /sw >> sh-3.2# ls >> ._bin ._lib ._src bootstrap include >> share >> ._etc ._sbin ._var etc lib >> src >> ._include ._share bin fink sbin >> var >> sh-3.2# >> ls -l > >For your first trial, if you move /sw from the external drive back to >the main drive, that take care of the problem for any previously built >files since the compiled debs would all still contain the ._ files. >However, it is weird that new bootstraps into /sw2 are still generating >._ files. Make sure that there are no ._ files in the root '/' of the >main hard drive, especially the file `/._.' when you move/delete /sw and >do a bootstrap. Is your main drive a standard HFS+ drive (checkable via >'diskutil list' and it should say Apple_HFS)? > >Hanspeter > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
