Re: [Fink-devel] Re: fink package installation makes machine unbootable

2002-10-30 Thread Martin Costabel
(I apologize for CC'ing everybody, but I feel this issue should be cleared quickly, it has the potential to damage fink's reputation, apart from annoying those who got hit by the problem). Martin Costabel wrote: Another clue might be the extract from the listing of the installer's pax file drw

[Fink-devel] Re: [Fink-beginners] Re: fink package installation makes machineunbootable

2002-10-30 Thread Alexander Hansen
> A strange error message was output to a terminal window and to the file > /private/var/log/mail.log: > > Oct 28 19:21:56 manray sendmail[3201]: NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): > /etc/mail/submit.cf: line 416: readcf: option RunAsUser: unknown user > smmsp > > No idea if this user "smmsp" has anything

[Fink-devel] Unbootable machine after binary reinstallation

2002-10-30 Thread Martin Costabel
After some more tests, it is now clear that the problem really comes from Fink's binary installer that is conspiring with Apple's buggy Installer.app to make the machine unbootable. To reproduce the problem: Install fink-0.4.1 using its binary installer. Everything is fine, i.e. the permission

Re: [Fink-devel] Unbootable machine after binary reinstallation

2002-10-30 Thread David R. Morrison
Martin, Should I make a new copy of the 0.4.1 installer which has permissions 775 on the root directory instead of 700? If so, should I give it a new name? -- Dave --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http

Re: [Fink-devel] Unbootable machine after binary reinstallation

2002-10-30 Thread Martin Costabel
On mercredi, oct 30, 2002, at 16:55 Europe/Paris, David R. Morrison wrote: Martin, Should I make a new copy of the 0.4.1 installer which has permissions 775 on the root directory instead of 700? I would say yes. This would make the most fatal of the problems go away. I don't know what can be

[Fink-devel] help needed testing replacement fink 0.4.1 binary installer

2002-10-30 Thread David R. Morrison
Dear Fink Developers, As you may have seen in a few recent messages, there is a serious problem with the fink 0.4.1 binary installer which occurs if a user installs using the installer twice. The permissions on the root directory of the machine are altered, and the machine no longer boots! I've

Re: [Fink-devel] help needed testing replacement fink 0.4.1 binaryinstaller

2002-10-30 Thread Martin Costabel
David R. Morrison wrote: [] What my "fix" does is to alter the .pax.gz file with the contents of the installation so that the permission on "." is 1755 in the directory instead of 0700. What did you do with the bom file? Not only does it still contain the permissions 700 for ".", but lsbom cr

Re: [Fink-devel] help needed testing replacement fink 0.4.1 binary installer

2002-10-30 Thread David R. Morrison
Martin Costabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David R. Morrison wrote: > > > [] > > What my "fix" does is to alter the .pax.gz file with the contents of the > > installation so that the permission on "." is 1755 in the directory > > instead of 0700. > > What did you do with the bom file? Not on

[Fink-devel] Got slid?

2002-10-30 Thread Carsten Klapp
Got slid?! ROTFL Nice debugging message "if I ever saw one". Hmmm Interesting, so there are libSystem.B.dylib and libintl.1.dylib, I wonder what the other two libraries are that the system (thinks?) ls is linked against. Carsten On Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at 01:45 am, Randal L. Schwartz

Re: [Fink-devel] Got slid?

2002-10-30 Thread Max Horn
To anybody who wants to know more about the prebinding stuff, sliding etc., I refer to: /Developer/Documentation/ReleaseNotes/Prebinding.html man dyld man redo_prebinding man libtool Cheers, Max -- --- Max Horn Software Developer email: