I just discovered the Aug 2003 SDK update, so I installed it and switched fink to 
point to
unstable.  Now I am trying to update fink and am runing into the problem

I tried installing xfree86-base-dev (Placeholder for X11 dev packages, v. 4.2) but it 
requires
xfree86-base-shlibs which is not a placeholder so I get the following message:

>You have an existing X11 installation in /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11.
>This package refuses to overwrite these. Remove them, then tell Fink to
>install xfree86-base again. (The package won't be recompiled.)

Trying to update a package, such as xmahjongg, asks me to pick an alternative for 
satisfying
a virtual dependnecy.  I select xfree86-base-dev and it requires xfree85-base-shlibs, 
and we
start the cycle over again.

My output from fink-x11-debug is as follows:

>Isidore-cckborg $ fink-x11-debug
>OS X version: 10.2.8
>Darwin version: 6.8
>fink package manager version: 0.19.1
>Fink distribution version: 0.6.2.cvs
>Fink updated from: cvs
>
>Checking fink-installed xfree86 packages:
>Found system-xfree86
>
>X11 version installed: 4.2
>Fink xfree86 packages found, therefore no virtual packages
>
>Here is the situation from dpkg:
>
>Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
>|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
>||/ Name                       Version                    Description
>+++-==========================-==========================-====================================================================
>ii  system-xfree86             4.2-13                     Placeholder package for 
>manually installed XFree86
>
>Finished at ./fink-x11-debug line 73.

The documentation and FAQ don't seem to have caught up yet with the disappearance of
system-xfree86 for 10.2-gcc3.3 and 10.3.  I couldn't find anything to expain what was 
going
on with system-xfree86/xfree86-base-dev.  Also, how do I choose between 
xfree86-base-dev
and xfree86-base-threaded-dev?

Reinstalling Apple's X11 is not an option because I deleted the beta3 installer.  Any 
help
would be appreciated. 

Thank you,
Carol

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Carol Kankelborg                           | There are 10 kinds of people: those who
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