Thank you! Before I try this, can you provide some reassurance that this will
not interfere with the functioning of my existing packages?
Payam
===
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fool on the throne relieved of all responsibility merely because he is a fool?"
--Milan Kundera
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> On Jul 27, 2014, at 12:40 PM, Alexander Hansen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> On 7/27/14, 11:58 AM, PNM wrote:
>> Here is what fink told me when I first tried selfupdate on Yosemite beta:
>>
>> "[pMac2:~] payam2% fink selfupdate
>>
>> WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
>> or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
>> typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.
>>
>> To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.
>>
>> Password:
>>
>> We don't support updates from 10.9 to 10.10.
>> Check the 'Clean Upgrade' section of /sw/share/doc/fink/INSTALL
>> or /sw/share/doc/fink/INSTALL.html for information about
>> how to proceed.
>>
>> 'selfupdate' operation not permitted."
>>
>> Should I try fink reinstall fink, and then selfupdate?
>>
>> Payam
>>
>> --
>> "Self-assertion, in philosophic speculation as elsewhere, views the world as
>> a means to its own ends; thus it makes the world of less account than Self,
>> and the Self sets bounds to the greatness of its good. In contemplation, on
>> the contrary, we start from the not-Self, and through its greatness the
>> boundaries of Self are enlarged; through the infinity of the universe the
>> mind which contemplates it achieves some share in infinity."
>> Bertrand Russell, The Problems of Philosophy
>>
>>
>
> The default option on an OS upgrade is to say it's not supported, unless we
> know that it works--we haven't officially decided whether an upgrade path
> should be implemented or not between 10.9 and 10.10, but since they use the
> same C++ library it seems like it might be feasible.
>
> You can edit /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Engine.pm and add a line around line 248 that
> reads
>
> $valid_upgrade = 1 if ($osversion eq "10.10" and $distribution eq "10.9");
>
> and then use "fink reinstall fink" if you want to check out the in-place
> strategy.
> --
> Alexander Hansen, Ph.D.
> Fink User Liaison
> My package updates: http://finkakh.wordpress.com/
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