Hello, I'm currently still using a Fink installation originally done under 10.3, and hardly touched after I upgraded to 10.4 (because it simply worked). Now, I'm waiting for a new MBP to arrive, so I'm looking into the best way to upgrade (best meaning breaks the least of the various dependencies on /sw in programmes not in Fink I installed in /usr/local).
My version is 0.7.0.cvs, package manager 0.20.6 . I've tried to follow the instructions on the website to update/upgrade Fink on a PowerPc/Tiger machine, so that afterwards I can move that installation to the new MBP, and continue the upgrade. apt-get update never seems to complete, but gives plenty of messages concerning missing files, as if updating a 10.3 installation is no longer supported. So I tied 'fink selfupdate', which churned around for a while, and then failed with ... install -c -p -m 644 fink.shlibs "/sw/src/root-fink-0.28.0-11/DEBIAN/shlibs" /bin/rm -f /sw/src/root-fink-0.28.0-11/sw/info/dir /sw/src/root-fink-0.28.0-11/sw/info/dir.old /sw/src/root-fink-0.28.0-11/sw/share/info/dir /sw/src/root-fink-0.28.0-11/sw/share/info/dir.old Writing control file... Finding prebound objects... Writing dependencies... Writing package script postinst... Writing package script prerm... dpkg-deb -b root-fink-0.28.0-11 /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base dpkg-deb: building package `fink' in `/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base/fink_0.28.0-11_darwin-powerpc.deb'. dpkg -i /sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/base/fink_0.28.0-11_darwin-powerpc.deb (Reading database ... 40102 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace fink 0.20.6-1 (using .../fink_0.28.0-11_darwin-powerpc.deb) ... Unpacking replacement fink ... Setting up fink (0.28.0-11) ... Checking system... powerpc-apple-darwin8.11.0 This system is supported and tested. Using the old 10.4-transitional tree... Adding local/injected to the Trees line in fink.conf... ERROR: The current version of fink cannot be used with the 10.4-transitional distribution. Please use an appropriate earlier version of fink. dpkg: error processing fink (--install): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: fink ### execution of dpkg failed, exit code 1 Failed: can't install package fink-0.28.0-11 Ever since, I don't get any further. Fink --version tells me: WARNING: could not read /sw/fink/10.4-transitional/VERSION: No such file or directory Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Config.pm line 324. Use of uninitialized value in length at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Config.pm line 325. Package manager version: 0.28.0 Distribution version: selfupdate-, 10.4-transitional, powerpc Copyright (c) 2001 Christoph Pfisterer Copyright (c) 2001-2008 The Fink Package Manager Team This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. My question: is it still possible to upgrade my installation tree? I do have a backup, of course, so can start the process anew. TIA, René ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
