On 5/22/14, 12:51 PM, David Fass wrote: > 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. >
That's presumably because you're using a fink which predates the existence of 10.9 there. We don't have precognition support. > 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... > We'll send you a refund for our bad "instructions". The update procedure is "wonky" because Apple changed stuff around, and we don't have any control over that. We forced a clean install for 10.7, too. In this case, we've decided to use the default C++ API for 10.9, which is different than all prior OS X, so there's not a good way to allow upgrading in place. The issue which you're seeing is local to your system. I'm sorry that you're having problems, but plenty of other people have been able to perform this task. The "instructions" are based on quite a bit of testing, including work by me. > > > 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. > > However, the fact that you get ._ files when you create directories manually isn't the usual state of affairs. As Hanspeter said, such files are generally associated with drives that are network shares. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "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
