On 03/11/2009, at 09:40, Martin Costabel wrote: > Alexander Hansen wrote: >> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >> Hash: SHA1 >> >> [email protected] wrote: > [] >>>> /usr/bin/su unknown -c 'cvs -q -z3 update -d -P -l' >>>> ### execution of /usr/bin/su failed, exit code 1 >>>> /usr/bin/su unknown -c 'cvs -q -z3 update -d -P 10.4' >>>> ### execution of /usr/bin/su failed, exit code 1 >>>> Failed: Updating using CVS failed. Check the error messages above. >>> tia, Jonathan >>> >> >> I'm not sure, but this could be a legacy of setting things up with >> ignored ownership on your drive. > > I thin this is the case. The user "unknown" doe not seem to be right > here. Fink takes the user for which to run the su command from the > ownership of one of the files or directories in /sw/fink/ (forgot > which > one, and too lazy to decrypt fink's code). What does > > ls -la /sw/fink > > give?
Martin is correct. Fink uses the owner of the /sw/fink/CVS directory as the user under which the cvs command will be run. I believe it would be to cleaner to switch to rsync and then (if needed) switch back to CVS. Note that rsync should be faster than CVS in most cases... ...however, if I understood correctly, you moved your Fink installation from your system HD to an external HD which didn't have ownership/permissions enabled. This means that owners/permissions that were present in your Fink installation on the system HD were nulled when the copy was made. Unless Mac OS does some magic and is able to restore the original owners/permissions, you've got a half-baked Fink installation. Also, some packages need files to be owned by specific users installed by the passwd package. There's a lot of potential for trouble so I would recommend reinstalling Fink altogether. The following page has some instructions that might be helpful: http://finkers.wordpress.com/2009/08/31/starting-anew/ At any rate, as Martin's suggested, send us the output of ls -la /sw/fink Cheers, -- monipol http://finkers.wordpress.com Submitting a Fink bug report? Read this: http://www.finkproject.org/doc/netiquette/index.php http://finkers.wordpress.com/2009/06/03/bug-reports/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
