[Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-22 Thread Robert Wyatt
Robert T. Wyatt austin.utexas.edu> writes: > I'm going > to try scanning packages and indexing and will post the results after > trying to update again. ... this did not help. --- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest

[Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-22 Thread Daniel Macks
[forgot to send to list] In gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners, you said: > Since selfupdate wasn't working on my 10.2-gcc3.3 computer at work > (on which I only yesterday enabled the unstable trees -- and on which > I had a working stable-tree kde installation yesterday), I tried to > update-all. T

[Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Robert T. Wyatt
At 7:24 PM -0500 12/22/04, Daniel Macks wrote: [forgot to send to list] In gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners, you said: Since selfupdate wasn't working on my 10.2-gcc3.3 computer at work (on which I only yesterday enabled the unstable trees -- and on which I had a working stable-tree kde installatio

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Martin Costabel
Daniel Macks wrote: Try installing "test-simple-pm560" (assuming '/usr/bin/perl -v' reports itself as v5.6.0). Then see if you can update the "fink" pkg. There is actually a bug in the error message (or rather warning) displayed when fink doesn't find the test stuff. It says: Bail out! Can't fin

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Martin Costabel
Martin Costabel wrote: [] But thirdly, the absence of Test::More does not (or did not for me, in any case) prevent the complete installation of the new fink. It was not treated as an error. I guess the errors that have been observed come up when some version of test-simple-pmXXX is installed, bu

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Daniel Macks
On Thu, Dec 23, 2004 at 09:28:45AM +0100, Martin Costabel wrote: > Martin Costabel wrote: > [] > >But thirdly, the absence of Test::More does not (or did not for me, in > >any case) prevent the complete installation of the new fink. It was not > >treated as an error. > > I guess the errors that

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Robert T. Wyatt
At 9:03 AM +0100 12/23/04, Martin Costabel wrote: Secondly, there is no package named "test-simple-pm" that can be installed: % fink install test-simple-pm Information about 3311 packages read in 4 seconds. Failed: no version info available for test-simple-pm % fink list test-simple-pm Information

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Robert T. Wyatt
At 9:28 AM +0100 12/23/04, Martin Costabel wrote: Martin Costabel wrote: [] But thirdly, the absence of Test::More does not (or did not for me, in any case) prevent the complete installation of the new fink. It was not treated as an error. I guess the errors that have been observed come up when s

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Martin Costabel
Robert T. Wyatt wrote: [] i test-simple-pm 0.47-1 This must have survived the 10.2->10.2-gcc3.3 upgrade. It only exists in the 10.2 tree, not in 10.2-gcc3.3. The fact that it is not replaced automatically by upgrade-all is a flaw in the present construction of the -pm pa

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Robert T. Wyatt
At 5:26 PM +0100 12/23/04, Martin Costabel wrote: Robert T. Wyatt wrote: [] i test-simple-pm 0.47-1 This must have survived the 10.2->10.2-gcc3.3 upgrade. It only exists in the 10.2 tree, not in 10.2-gcc3.3. The fact that it is not replaced automatically by upgrade-all is

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Martin Costabel
Robert T. Wyatt wrote: [] so i could/should apt-get remove test-simple-pm to fix it? Better, "fink install test-simple-pm560". This removes the old package also, and in this way you continue participating in the bug-catching game :-) -- Martin --

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Robert T. Wyatt
At 6:07 PM +0100 12/23/04, Martin Costabel wrote: Robert T. Wyatt wrote: [] so i could/should apt-get remove test-simple-pm to fix it? Better, "fink install test-simple-pm560". This removes the old package also, and in this way you continue participating in the bug-catching game :-) -- Martin I

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Martin Costabel
Robert T. Wyatt wrote: and the old package appears to be unchanged after 'fink installing' the new one. I wonder if having the -pm560 is enough to not have to worry about having the -pm(non-virtual-package-version). Yes, you are right, I misread the info file: It has "Replaces: test-simple-pm (<

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Robert T. Wyatt
At 7:05 PM +0100 12/23/04, Martin Costabel wrote: Robert T. Wyatt wrote: and the old package appears to be unchanged after 'fink installing' the new one. I wonder if having the -pm560 is enough to not have to worry about having the -pm(non-virtual-package-version). Yes, you are right, I misread t

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Martin Costabel
Robert T. Wyatt wrote: [] My system certainly believes that test-simple-pm is a buildable package as you can see on that page. I don't doubt this, but the thing is you *should not* have this as a buildable package. It is not in the 10.2-gcc3.3 tree. So where is your test-simple-pm-info file tha

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Robert T Wyatt
On Thursday, December 23, 2004, at 03:55 PM, Martin Costabel wrote: Robert T. Wyatt wrote: My system certainly believes that test-simple-pm is a buildable package as you can see on that page. I don't doubt this, but the thing is you *should not* have this as a buildable package. It is not in the

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Martin Costabel
Robert T Wyatt wrote: [] Get:1 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.2-gcc3.3/release/main test-simple-pm 0.47-1 [56.6kB] [] I think this is evidence that it is the 10.2-gcc3.3 tree, isn't it? It is evidence that it is in the Fink-0.6.3 binary distribution from 02 April 2004. The corresponding info fil

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Robert T Wyatt
On Thursday, December 23, 2004, at 06:14 PM, Martin Costabel wrote: Robert T Wyatt wrote: Get:1 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.2-gcc3.3/release/main test-simple-pm 0.47-1 [56.6kB] I think this is evidence that it is the 10.2-gcc3.3 tree, isn't it? It is evidence that it is in the Fink-0.6.3 bin

Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink 23.5 on 10.2-gcc3.3

2004-12-23 Thread Robert T Wyatt
On Thursday, December 23, 2004, at 06:14 PM, Martin Costabel wrote: Robert T Wyatt wrote: [] Get:1 http://us.dl.sourceforge.net 10.2-gcc3.3/release/main test-simple-pm 0.47-1 [56.6kB] [] I think this is evidence that it is the 10.2-gcc3.3 tree, isn't it? It is evidence that it is in the Fink-0.6