Re: [Fink-devel] echo -n now deprecated

[Benjamin Reed]

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Jean-François Mertens wrote:
> I see coreutils is at version 6.7, vs 5.96 in fink.
> If the maintainer were willing to update, I would hope the need for  
> the "/bin/"
> to disappear ... ; there should be a way to write things  
> 'portably' (at least
> across current versions of GNU and of Darwin...).
> It is a bit of a shock to see coreutils behind darwin...

considering coreutils' track record of buggyness on non-linux systems,
especially darwin, it would definitely be better to use /bin/ for
anything important.  If end-users want to mess up their systems with
coreutils, that's their perogative, but best to go with the devil you
know for packaging...

But then, considering coreutils' track record of buggyness, we should
probably update it as well.  :)


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Re: [Fink-devel] gnucash-1.8.12-11

[Alexander Hansen]

On 12/17/06, Karine BRETECHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> --
> Package manager version: 0.26.0
> Distribution version: 0.8.1.rsync i386
> Mac OS X version: 10.4.8
> Xcode version: 2.2.1
> gcc version: 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)
> make version: 3.80
> Feedback Courtesy of FinkCommander
>

Unfortunately, the "positive" and "negative" buttons for Fink
Commander give the same report (shown above).  Is there a problem, or
is the package OK?

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[Fink-devel] gnucash-1.8.12-11

[Karine BRETECHER]

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Package manager version: 0.26.0
Distribution version: 0.8.1.rsync i386
Mac OS X version: 10.4.8
Xcode version: 2.2.1
gcc version: 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)
make version: 3.80
Feedback Courtesy of FinkCommander

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Re: [Fink-devel] install svn oddity

[David R. Morrison]

On Dec 17, 2006, at 9:54 AM, Jack Howarth wrote:
> Also, what is up with all the instances of...
>
> tar: -: file name read contains nul character
>

There is a bug in the way that the latest tar interacts with dpkg;  
this is harmless, but I believe that a fix (for dpkg) is on the way.

   -- Dave



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Re: [Fink-devel] echo -n now deprecated

[Matthew Sachs]

On Dec 17, 2006, at 08:10, Peter O'Gorman wrote:

> So you can probably assume that if there are differences between the
> UNIX03 spec and bsd, then Apple will probably go with UNIX03.

If the shell is invoked as /bin/sh, it will be in "standards- 
compliant sh mode", and echo won't interpret -n.  If the shell is  
invoked as /bin/bash, echo -n will be interpreted.

This behavior can be toggled without invoking a new shell via set -o  
posix / set +o posix (which doesn't appear to change how echo -n is  
interpreted in Tiger.)

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[Fink-devel] install svn oddity

[Jack Howarth]

   Has anyone else run into this when trying to install
the svn fink package under a clean install of fink 10.4
unstable. I find that the build process fails at this point...

Writing control file...
dpkg-deb -b root-apr-common-0.9.12-11 
/sw/fink/10.4/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs
dpkg-deb: building package `apr-common' in 
`/sw/fink/10.4/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/apr-common_0.9.12-11_darwin-powerpc.deb'.
tar: -: file name read contains nul character
Removing runtime build-lock...
Removing build-lock package...
/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -r fink-buildlock-apr-0.9.12-11
(Reading database ... 18633 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing fink-buildlock-apr-0.9.12-11 ...
Reading buildlock packages...
/sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait -i 
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/apr-dev_0.9.12-11_darwin-powerpc.deb
 
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/libapr0-shlibs_0.9.12-11_darwin-powerpc.deb
 
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/libaprutil0-shlibs_0.9.12-11_darwin-powerpc.deb
 
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/aprutil-dev_0.9.12-11_darwin-powerpc.deb
Selecting previously deselected package apr-dev.
(Reading database ... 18632 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking apr-dev (from .../apr-dev_0.9.12-11_darwin-powerpc.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libapr0-shlibs.
Unpacking libapr0-shlibs (from .../libapr0-shlibs_0.9.12-11_darwin-powerpc.deb) 
...
/sw/bin/dpkg: error processing 
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/libapr0-shlibs_0.9.12-11_darwin-powerpc.deb
 (--install):
 unable to install updated status of `libapr0-shlibs': No such file or directory
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of apr-dev:
 apr-dev depends on libapr0-shlibs (= 0.9.12-11); however:
  Package libapr0-shlibs is not installed.
/sw/bin/dpkg: error processing apr-dev (--install):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 
/sw/fink/dists/unstable/main/binary-darwin-powerpc/libs/libapr0-shlibs_0.9.12-11_darwin-powerpc.deb
 apr-dev
### execution of /sw/bin/dpkg-lockwait failed, exit code 1

I can work around this by forcing the installation of libapr0-shlibs at this 
point with...

fink install libapr0-shlibs

...which then allows me to repeat the 'fink install svn' without any additional 
failures.
Any idea why this is failing the first time? Also, what is up with all the 
instances of...

tar: -: file name read contains nul character

Thanks in advance for any clarifications.
   Jack

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Re: [Fink-devel] echo -n now deprecated

[Peter O'Gorman]

On Dec 17, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Martin Costabel wrote:

> David R.Morrison wrote:
>> As mentioned on the new "preparing for 10.5" page on the fink wiki,
>> echo -n is now deprecated in fink.  I have edited the vast majority
>> of packages where this occurs to conform to the new version.   
>> Instead of
>>
>>echo -n "string"
>>
>> one should now write
>>
>>/bin/echo "string\c"
>>
>> (See "man echo".)  This makes our use of echo POSIX compliant, and is
>> also compatible with current 10.4 usage.
>
> Just to understand this completely:
>
> In the future, will /bin/echo also drop support for the -n flag?
> Is Apple moving away from BSD?
> Or does this concern only the shell builtins?

If you read  you will see:
"Leopard certainly won’t be UNIX in name only. Apple will submit  
Leopard and Leopard Server to The Open Group for certification  
against the UNIX ‘03 product standard."

So you can probably assume that if there are differences between the  
UNIX03 spec and bsd, then Apple will probably go with UNIX03.

Peter
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Re: [Fink-devel] echo -n now deprecated

[Martin Costabel]

David R.Morrison wrote:
> As mentioned on the new "preparing for 10.5" page on the fink wiki,  
> echo -n is now deprecated in fink.  I have edited the vast majority  
> of packages where this occurs to conform to the new version.  Instead of
> 
>echo -n "string"
> 
> one should now write
> 
>/bin/echo "string\c"
> 
> (See "man echo".)  This makes our use of echo POSIX compliant, and is  
> also compatible with current 10.4 usage.

Just to understand this completely:

In the future, will /bin/echo also drop support for the -n flag?
Is Apple moving away from BSD?
Or does this concern only the shell builtins?

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