From: David F. <fa...@cs...> - 2007-01-28 19:06:55
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> So if I understand all of the comments so far, the problem may > be avoidable with an older tar but even that produces warnings in > fink. If the hypothesis of Spotlight indexing blocking files > is correct, perhaps the answer is for the fink developers to add > code to fink that stops and starts the Spotlight indexing before > and after a fink install. I'm sure there must be system calls to > do that sort of thing. Hi, I guess I forgot to mention that the successful build+packaging (gcc42) on my G4 has fink installed on a partition with Spotlight disabled. The Intel Mac on which packaging failed with tar-1.16.1-1 did NOT have Spotlight disabled in the fink /sw tree. Most curious... Perhaps something about Spotlight disabling could be added to the FAQ? It makes a somewhat noticeable improvement on slow machines. I'd recommend disabling for at least the src/fink.build directories. > ps One other think I have run into when doing test installs of > the current gcc4 and gcc42 (to toggle back and forth between > the default compiler) is that the lockwait for fink can be > exceeded if you are doing something else at the same time > (like an svn pull). The lockwait is one other weak point in > fink for large packages. Fang |