On Aug 24, 2008, at 2:29 PM, Alexander Hansen wrote:

>
> On Aug 24, 2008, at 12:55 PM, Neil Tiffin wrote:
>
>> My fink installation has been messed up for some time.  Something  
>> like
>> the following happens no matter what mirrors I select.  I could not
>> find anything on this in the first few pages of google or any
>> explanation of the correct permissions in the docs.  Any help would  
>> be
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you.
>> Neil
>> Chicago
>>
>>
>> ===========================================================
>> rsync -az -v  rsync://ams.nl.eu.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//TIMESTAMP /
>> sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp
>> receiving file list ... done
>> TIMESTAMP
>>
>> sent 117 bytes  received 130 bytes  98.80 bytes/sec
>> total size is 11  speedup is 0.04
>> I will now run the rsync command to retrieve the latest package
>> descriptions.
>> /usr/bin/su neiltiffin -c "rsync -rtz --delete-after --delete -v   --
>> include='10.4/' --include='10.4/stable/' --include='10.4/stable/ 
>> main/'
>> --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/' --include='10.4/stable/main/
>> finkinfo/*/' --include='10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/*' --include='10.4/
>> stable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/' --include='10.4/stable/'
>> --include='10.4/stable/crypto/' --include='10.4/stable/crypto/
>> finkinfo/' --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*/' -- 
>> include='10.4/
>> stable/crypto/finkinfo/*' --include='10.4/stable/crypto/finkinfo/**/ 
>> *'
>> --include='10.4/' --include='10.4/unstable/' --include='10.4/ 
>> unstable/
>> main/' --include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/' --include='10.4/
>> unstable/main/finkinfo/*/' --include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/ 
>> *' --
>> include='10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.4/' --
>> include='10.4/unstable/' --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/' --
>> include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/' --include='10.4/unstable/
>> crypto/finkinfo/*/' --include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/*' --
>> include='10.4/unstable/crypto/finkinfo/**/*' --include='VERSION' --
>> include='DISTRIBUTION' --include='README' --exclude='**' 'rsync://
>> ams.nl.eu.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/'"
>> receiving file list ... done
>> rsync: failed to set times on "/sw/fink/.": Operation not permitted  
>> (1)
>> ./
>> 10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/games/
>> 10.4/stable/main/finkinfo/games/xgalaga.info
>> 10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/games/
>> 10.4/unstable/main/finkinfo/games/xgalaga.info
>> rsync: failed to set times on "/sw/fink/.": Operation not permitted  
>> (1)
>>
>> sent 1014 bytes  received 187679 bytes  53912.29 bytes/sec
>> total size is 31713689  speedup is 168.07
>> rsync error: some files could not be transferred (code 23) at /
>> SourceCache/rsync/rsync-35.2/rsync/main.c(1400) [generator=2.6.9]
>> ### execution of /usr/bin/su failed, exit code 23
>> Updating using rsync failed. Check the error messages above.
>>
>> (1)  Give up
>> (2)  Retry the same mirror
>> (3)  Retry another mirror from your country
>> (4)  Retry another mirror
>>
>>
>>
>
> I have the following permissions for /sw/fink:
>
> drwxr-xr-x   5 hansen admin   476 2008-08-17 22:01 fink
>
>

Thanks, I changed my permissions recursively to root:admin and  
everything started working again (Mac OS X 10.5.4)

Neil


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