On 12/12/12 8:29 AM, Hanspeter Niederstrasser wrote: > On 12/12/2012 10:15 AM, David Lowe wrote: >>> OK, I'll ask you some questions and update the configuration file in >>> '/sw/etc/fink.conf'. >>> >>> In what additional directory should Fink look for downloaded tarballs? >>> [~/Downloads] >> >>> $ ls ~/Downloads/f* >>> /Users/doctorjlowe/Downloads/freeciv-2.3.3.tar.bz2 >> >>> [doctorjlowe@David-Lowes-MacBook-Pro:~]$ fink update freeciv >>> Scanning package description files.......... >>> Information about 6483 packages read in 9 seconds. >>> The following package will be installed or updated: >>> freeciv >>> curl --connect-timeout 30 -f -L -A 'fink/0.34.4' -O >>> http://distfiles.sjc.ca.us.finkmirrors.net/freeciv-2.3.3.tar.bz2 >> >> Is there some semantics i've got wrong here? As i understand it, fink >> should just use the tar ball i already have, right? This is a freshly self >> updated fink on 10.7.5. > > Most likely, ~/Downloads has permissions that the fink-bld user can not > read. > > ls -ld ~/Downloads > > should show at least "drwxr-xr-x" (mode 755) for that directory to work. > 705 will probably work too. Just drwx------ will fail. > > Hanspeter > >
Please let us know if this is the problem. I _thought_ that I had the current fink set up to complain if the FetchAltDir doesn't have appropriate permissions. -- Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. Fink User Liaison My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.devel Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
