On 2/16/13 9:21 AM, Robert Jansen wrote:
> On 2013-02-16 16:14, Alexander Hansen wrote:
>> On 2/16/13 7:58 AM, Robert Jansen wrote:
>>> On 2013-02-16 11:35, Peter Dyballa wrote:
>>>> Am 16.02.2013 um 01:04 schrieb Robert Jansen:
>>>>
>>>>> /sw/include/ncursesw/ncurses.h:209:34: note: expanded from macro
>>>>> 'NCURSES_CAST'
>>>>> #define NCURSES_CAST(type,value) (type)(value)
>>>>>                                  ^~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>>> 1 warning generated.
>>>>> ld: warning: directory not found for option '-L/usr/X11R6/lib64'
>>>>
>>>> These are all *warnings*, no fatal errors. Concerning readline, it
>>>> might be that you are trying to install a much too old software. Your
>>>> Mac surely has Python 2.7 – what could Python 2.6 bring to you? This
>>>> "much too old" statement also explains why Fink (or some utility) is
>>>> complaining about not existing /usr/X11R6/lib64 – your Mac might just
>>>> have /usr/X11; and readline is provided by the packages readline5 or
>>>> readline6.
>>>>
>>>> What were you trying to achieve with building that old software? Were
>>>> you asked by some other software package which Python you'd prefer
>>>> and
>>>> then answered version 2.6?
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Greetings
>>>>
>>>>   Pete
>>>>
>>>> UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are.
>>>
>>>
>>> Pete,
>>>
>>> Like most fink users go through a fink selfupdate and fink update-all
>>> cycle,..
>>> I did the same,...
>>>
>>> Some packages installed correctly:
>>>
>>> snip....
>>>
>>>
>>> /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i
>>>
>>> /sw/fink/dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/libs/libffi_3.0.9-5_darwin-x86_64.deb
>>>
>>> Selecting previously deselected package libffi.
>>> (Reading database ... 46030 files and directories currently installed.)
>>> Unpacking libffi (from .../libffi_3.0.9-5_darwin-x86_64.deb) ...
>>> Setting up libffi (3.0.9-5) ...
>>> Clearing dependency_libs of .la files being installed
>>> * libffi: (libffi). Portable foreign-function interface library.
>>> install-info(/sw/share/info/libffi.info): creating new section
>>> `Development'
>>>
>>> Updating the list of locally available binary packages.
>>> Scanning dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64
>>> New package:
>>>
>>> dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/graphics/libjpeg-bin_6b-19_darwin-x86_64.deb
>>>
>>> New package:
>>>
>>> dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/graphics/libjpeg-bin_8d-2_darwin-x86_64.deb
>>>
>>> New package:
>>>
>>> dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/graphics/libjpeg-bin_9-1_darwin-x86_64.deb
>>>
>>> New package:
>>>
>>> dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/graphics/libjpeg-shlibs_6b-19_darwin-x86_64.deb
>>>
>>> New package:
>>>
>>> dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/graphics/libjpeg8-shlibs_8d-2_darwin-x86_64.deb
>>>
>>> New package:
>>>
>>> dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/graphics/libjpeg8_8d-2_darwin-x86_64.deb
>>>
>>> New package:
>>>
>>> dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/graphics/libjpeg9-shlibs_9-1_darwin-x86_64.deb
>>>
>>> New package:
>>>
>>> dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/graphics/libjpeg9_9-1_darwin-x86_64.deb
>>>
>>> New package:
>>>
>>> dists/stable/main/binary-darwin-x86_64/graphics/libjpeg_6b-19_darwin-x86_64.deb
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> snip.....
>>>
>>> Sorry ,... lost the initial list of packages to be updated from fink
>>> list -o
>>>
>>> And then I hit the Perl 2.6 error.
>>>
>>
>> Python, not Perl.  We don't need to see your Perl modules.
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any further ideas ?
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
>>> Robert
>>>
>>
>> As I _already_ pointed out, there is an error in the python26 packaging
>> which is causing it to link using the wrong architecture.  Regardless of
>> whether it is old, it is supposed to work.
>>
>> The maintainer needs to fix it.
>> -- 
>> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> 
> Thanks Alexander,
> 
> I clearly wasn't awake there.
> 
> Python indeed. 2.7 is installed:
> 
> (i)  python26                     1:2.6.8-2             Interpreted,
> object-oriented language
> (i)  python26-shlibs              1:2.6.8-2             Interpreted,
> object-oriented language
>  i   python27                     1:2.7.3-2             Interpreted,
> object-oriented language
>  i   python27-shlibs              1:2.7.3-2             Interpreted,
> object-oriented language
> 
> TIA
> 

While we're sorting out the problem--it appears to be more subtle than I
had thought at first, you might see what happens if you use "fink remove
python26 python26-shlibs".  If there is no message that some other
package needs python26 or python26, then you don't need it.

-- 
Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
Fink User Liaison
My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/

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