On Apr 22, 2005, at 10:28 AM, louis zulli wrote:
For about a week, I have intermittently gotten an error while attempting
to update. I have OS X 10.3.9 and fink 0.24.4. Here's a sample:
Downloading the indexes of available packages in the binary distribution.
/sw/bin/apt-get update
Err http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.3/release/main Packages
403 Forbidden [IP: 69.16.168.245 80]
52% [Working]FATAL -> Could not set non-blocking flag
Operation not supported by device
E: Method http has died unexpectedly!
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
E: Tried to dequeue a fetching object
### execution of /sw/bin/apt-get failed, exit code 100
WARNING: Failure while downloading indexes.
Running 'fink scanpackages' may fix this
(fink scanpackages didn't fix things)
Right: "scanpackages" doesn't fix it because the problem's at the server (i.e. out of your control, and the Fink project's control). A fix is in the works. In the meantime, keep trying.
-- Alexander Hansen Fink Documentarian [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/
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