On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Eric Child wrote: > Hi > > I have done a selfupdate recently (yesterday), but will try it again. I will > also set SelfUpdateNoCVS to false. BTW, should the .patch and .info files in > the local tree be in the appropriate sub-directories (gnome and editors in > this case) or not?
I'm not sure: I always use unstable, so I've never tried the local tree. > > Also, I have tried to do a self update and change to the CVS listings, but > it always fails, as this transcript shows > > Again, Thanks for your help > > > sudo /sw/bin/fink selfupdate-cvs > > The selfupdate function can track point releases or it can set up your Fink > installation to update package descriptions from CVS. Updating from CVS has > the advantage that it is more up to date than the last point release. On the > other hand, the point release may be more mature or have less bugs. > Nevertheless, CVS is recommended. Do you want to set up direct CVS updating? > [Y/n] y > > Fink has the capability to run the CVS commands as a normal user. That has > some advantages - it uses that user's CVS settings files and allows the > package descriptions to be edited and updated without becoming root. Please > specify the user login name that should be used: [echild] > > For Fink developers only: Enter your SourceForge login name to set up full > CVS access. Other users, just press return to set up anonymous read-only > access. [anonymous] > > rm -rf /sw/fink.tmp > mkdir -p /sw/fink.tmp > chown echild /sw/fink.tmp > Checking to see if we can use hard links to merge the existing tree. Please > ignore errors on the next few lines. > ln /sw/fink/README /sw/fink.tmp/README > Now logging into the CVS server. When CVS asks you for a password, just > press > return (i.e. the password is empty). > su echild -c 'cvs -d:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvsroot/fink > login' > dyld: cvs can't open library: /usr/lib/libgssapi_krb5.2.2.dylib (No such > file or directory, errno = 2) > ### su failed, exit code 60 > Failed: Logging into the CVS server for anonymous read-only access failed. > That doesn't look good--that doesn't look like a fink-installed library. > > On 4/2/02 1:50 PM, "Alexander Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > fink.conf~ is just a backup file--it doesn't get read. > > > > Have you done a selfupdate (and I _would_ set 'SelfUpdateNoCVS' to false) > > recently? It may be that the packages you're trying to install have been > > removed. > > > > Clear the .info and .patch files out of your local tree, do a selfupdate, > > and see if the same package versions are listed. > > -- > > Alexander K. Hansen > > Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > > Levitated Dipole Experiment > > MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > > Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > > Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 > > > > On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Eric Child wrote: > > > >> Hmm, I have both a fink.conf > >> > >> Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto local/bootstrap > >> > >> And a fink.conf~ > >> > >> Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto local/bootstrap unstable/main > >> unstable/crypto > >> > >> In both, local/main is first. Any other suggestions? > >> > >> Here is the complete fink.conf > >> > >> # Fink configuration, initially created by bootstrap.pl > >> Basepath: /sw > >> RootMethod: sudo > >> Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto local/bootstrap > >> Mirror-ctan: ftp://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/ > >> Mirror-gimp: ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub > >> Mirror-gnome: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/ > >> Mirror-gnu: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu > >> MirrorContinent: nam > >> MirrorCountry: nam-us > >> ProxyPassiveFTP: true > >> Verbose: true > >> SelfUpdateNoCVS: true > >> > >> Should the above line (SelfUpdateNoCVS: true) perhaps be set to false? > >> > >> And the complete fink.conf~ > >> > >> # Fink configuration, initially created by bootstrap.pl > >> Basepath: /sw > >> RootMethod: sudo > >> Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto local/bootstrap unstable/main > >> unstable/crypto > >> Mirror-ctan: ftp://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/ > >> Mirror-gimp: ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub > >> Mirror-gnome: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/ > >> Mirror-gnu: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu > >> MirrorContinent: nam > >> MirrorCountry: nam-us > >> ProxyPassiveFTP: true > >> Verbose: true > >> > >> > >> TIA > >> > >> Eric > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 4/2/02 10:52 AM, "Alexander Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, Eric Child wrote: > >>> > >>> <snip> > >>>> I tried this (except for the note about 'Trees:' but still received the > >>>> message 'no package found' . I tried moving the referenced .info and > >>>> .patch files directly into the /sw/fink/dists/local/main/finkinfo as > >>>> well as putting them in their respective subdirectories there (gnome and > >>>> editors) with the same result. Am I missing something? > >>> > >>> Does the Trees: line in /sw/etc/fink.conf look vaguely like the following: > >>> > >>> Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto local/bootstrap > >>> > >>> (i.e. is local/main the first item)? > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Also, if successfull in trying these, I would also like to try Nautilus > >>>> and Evolution. Any hints on where/how to install these? > >>> > >>> Nautilus is available from the fink unstable section. Evolution doesn't > >>> have a Darwin/OSX port as of yet, as far as I know. > >>> > >>>> > >>>> Thanks in advance for any assistance > >>>> > >>>> Eric > >>>> > >>>> Just remember: > >>>> > >>>> "One World, One Web, One Program" -- Bill Gates > >>>> "Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Fuhrer" -- Adolf Hitler > >>>> > >>>> > >>> -- > >>> Alexander K. Hansen > >>> Associate Research Scientist, Columbia University > >>> Levitated Dipole Experiment > >>> MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 175 Albany Street, NW17-219 > >>> Cambridge, MA 02139-4213 > >>> Phone: 617-252-1818 Fax: 208-988-4057 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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
