Max: you know about this issue -- should something be added to the FAQ? If you're busy I can write up a quick description of what to do and you can add it, unless you think that the next version is coming out soon.
Erik On Friday, February 22, 2002, at 04:15 AM, Joseph Bauer wrote: > Am Freitag den, 22. Februar 2002, um 05:59, schrieb Rudolf B. Blazek: > >> Hello, >> I have a binary distribution of Fink. I have tried to run 'fink >> selfupdate', but that failed with the following message: >> >> -------- >> > fink selfupdate >> rm -f LATEST-FINK >> curl -L -s -S -O http://fink.sourceforge.net/LATEST-FINK >> >> I will now download the package descriptions for Fink 0.3.2a and >> update the >> core packages. After that, you should update the other packages using >> commands like 'fink update-all'. >> >> tar -xzf - >> ^C### tar failed, exit code 2 >> Failed: unpacking packages-0.3.2a.tar.gz failed >> -------- >> > > I have had the same problem, but its solved now. There is a solution in > the net. Eric send me the link it was: > > http://www.geocrawler.com/archives/3/17351/2002/1/150/7512997/ > > Hope it helps you too :-)) > > joseph > >> I have interrupted the tar command after a long period of waiting. I >> presume this only works with the source installation? >> >> Then I tried to update the package using the approach suggested in the >> instructions for the Fink 0.3.2a binary installer package (.pkg). >> That is, to select 'Update' in dselect. However, this is the version >> reported after that: >> >> > fink -ver >> Package manager version: 0.9.6a >> Distribution version: 0.3.1 >> >> I am using the 'stable' installation source. Is 0.3.1 the latest >> stable distribution? Or is the updating mechanism broken? I think that >> latest stable is 0.3.2a ... >> >> Thanks, I appreciate your advice. >> >> Good luck. >> >> Rudy >> >> >> >> -- >> Rudolf B. Blazek [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Department of Mathematics (Sun, MIME compatible) >> University of Southern California http://math.usc.edu/~blazek >> Los Angeles >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fink-users mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users >> _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
