Hello list,
I have been, unsuccessfully, trying to upgrade my fink 0.7.2
distribution to 0.8.0 after I upgraded to Tiger (10.4.2). My fink
setup is plain vanilla binary. I got XCode 2.0 installed.
So I figured it should be possible to perform an easy upgrade,
without trashing /sw and reinstalling.
Easy enough, the fink homepage suggested the following:
fink selfupdate
sudo /sw/lib/fink/postinstall.pl
fink scanpackages
sudo apt-get update
Which yields, on my system, the following (everything run as root)
llama:~ root# fink selfupdate
curl -f -L -O http://fink.sourceforge.net/CURRENT-FINK-10.3
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
0 11 0 11 0 0 20 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0
I will now download the package descriptions for Fink 10.3-0.7.2 and
update the core packages.
After that, you should update the other packages using commands like
'fink update-all'.
tar -xzvf dists-10.3-0.7.2.tar.gz
dists-10.3-0.7.2/
dists-10.3-0.7.2/ChangeLog
dists-10.3-0.7.2/DISTRIBUTION
dists-10.3-0.7.2/IDEAS
dists-10.3-0.7.2/inject.pl
dists-10.3-0.7.2/README
[lots of gibberish]
/bin/cp -f xfce-taskbar.info
/sw/fink/10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/; /bin/chmod 644
/sw/fink/10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/xfce-taskbar.info
/bin/cp -f xfce.info /sw/fink/10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/;
/bin/chmod 644 /sw/fink/10.3/unstable/main/finkinfo/x11-wm/xfce.info
Reading package info...
Updating package index... done.
Information about 2148 packages read in 11 seconds.
No packages to install.
The core packages have been updated. You should now update the other packages
using commands like 'fink update-all'.
llama:~ root# /sw/lib/fink/postinstall.pl
Checking system... powerpc-apple-darwin8.2.0
This system was not released at the time this Fink release was made.
Prerelease
versions of Mac OS X might work with Fink, but there are no guarantees.
ln -s 10.3 /sw/fink/dists
llama:~ root# fink scanpackages
Reading package info...
Updating package index... done.
Information about 2148 packages read in 8 seconds.
dpkg-scanpackages dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc override |
gzip >dists/local/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages.gz
Wrote 0 entries to output Packages file.
dpkg-scanpackages dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc override |
gzip >dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages.gz
Wrote 18 entries to output Packages file.
dpkg-scanpackages dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc override
| gzip >dists/stable/crypto/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages.gz
Wrote 0 entries to output Packages file.
dpkg-scanpackages dists/local/bootstrap/binary-darwin-powerpc
override |
gzip >dists/local/bootstrap/binary-darwin-powerpc/Packages.gz
Wrote 0 entries to output Packages file.
llama:~ root# apt-get update
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/release/main Packages
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/release/main Release
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/release/crypto Packages
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/release/crypto Release
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/current/main Packages
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/current/main Release
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/current/crypto Packages
Hit http://bindist.finkmirrors.net 10.3/current/crypto Release
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
llama:~ root# apt-get dist-upgrade
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Calculating Upgrade... Done
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
llama:~ root# cat /sw/etc/fink.conf
# Fink configuration, initially created by bootstrap.pl
Mirror-gnome: ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/
Mirror-ctan: ftp://ftp.dante.de/tex-archive/
Mirror-master: http://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/
RootMethod: sudo
MirrorOrder: MasterFirst
Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto local/bootstrap
Basepath: /sw
DownloadMethod: curl
Distribution: 10.3
Mirror-debian: ftp.debian.org
KeepBuildDir: false
Verbose: 2
Mirror-gnu: ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/gnu/
Mirror-kde: ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/
Mirror-gimp: ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/
Mirror-rsync: rsync://master.us.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo/
Mirror-sourceforge: http://puzzle.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/
ProxyPassiveFTP: true
MirrorCountry: eur-ch
Mirror-cpan: ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/CPAN/
KeepRootDir: false
MirrorContinent: eur
SelfUpdateMethod: point
Mirror-apt: http://bindist.finkmirrors.net/bindist
llama:~ root#
Which means that I'm still stuck at the 10.3, or fink 0.7.2, tree. No
packages are actually updated. Are the steps I performed correct? If
yes, could there be anything wrong with my system?
I wonder how this process would enable fink to find out about a new
tree. It seems fink checks in fink.conf what the current tree is
(10.3), downloads the appropriate CURRENT-FINK-10.3 from SF, which
yields 10.3-0.7.2, installs some stuff, and finally (in
postinstall.pl) restorates exactly the same 10.3 symlinks that have
been there forever. How can this possibly work (i.e., yield a 10.4
tree)?
Googling and lloking through the FAQ and mailing lists has not
resulted in any useful information. Thanks for any hints,
Moritz
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