Re: [Fink-users] system-xfree86 and 10.2-gcc3.3

[Alexander H. <ha...@ld...>]

On Mar 5, 2004, at 2:48 PM, Carol Kankelborg wrote:

> I just discovered the Aug 2003 SDK update, so I installed it and  
> switched fink to point to
> unstable.  Now I am trying to update fink and am runing into the  
> problem
>
> I tried installing xfree86-base-dev (Placeholder for X11 dev packages,  
> v. 4.2) but it requires
> xfree86-base-shlibs which is not a placeholder so I get the following  
> message:
>

You don't want to install this--this is for the xfree86-base package,  
not if you have Apple's X11.

>> You have an existing X11 installation in /usr/X11R6 and /etc/X11.
>> This package refuses to overwrite these. Remove them, then tell Fink  
>> to
>> install xfree86-base again. (The package won't be recompiled.)
>
> Trying to update a package, such as xmahjongg, asks me to pick an  
> alternative for satisfying
> a virtual dependnecy.  I select xfree86-base-dev and it requires  
> xfree85-base-shlibs, and we
> start the cycle over again.
>
> My output from fink-x11-debug is as follows:
>
>> Isidore-cckborg $ fink-x11-debug
>> OS X version: 10.2.8
>> Darwin version: 6.8
>> fink package manager version: 0.19.1
>> Fink distribution version: 0.6.2.cvs
>> Fink updated from: cvs
>>
>> Checking fink-installed xfree86 packages:
>> Found system-xfree86
>>
>> X11 version installed: 4.2
>> Fink xfree86 packages found, therefore no virtual packages
>>

This (and the line below) means that you have the "legacy"  
system-xfree86 package rather than the new virtual version of the  
package.

By the way, since you're on fink-0.19.1, you can use "fink-virtual-pkgs  
--debug" to see similar information.

>> Here is the situation from dpkg:
>>
>> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
>> |  
>> Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half- 
>> installed
>> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:  
>> uppercase=bad)
>> ||/ Name                       Version                    Description
>> +++-==========================-==========================- 
>> ====================================================================
>> ii  system-xfree86             4.2-13                     Placeholder  
>> package for manually installed XFree86
>>
>> Finished at ./fink-x11-debug line 73.
>
> The documentation and FAQ don't seem to have caught up yet with the  
> disappearance of
> system-xfree86 for 10.2-gcc3.3 and 10.3.

Yes they have:

http://fink.sourceforge.net/faq/usage-packages.php?phpLang=en#apple- 
x11-beta-wants-xfree86

specifically tells you to remove the old, nonvirtual system-xfree86  
package, which is what you have installed.

> I couldn't find anything to expain what was going
> on with system-xfree86/xfree86-base-dev.  Also, how do I choose  
> between xfree86-base-dev
> and xfree86-base-threaded-dev?
>

You pick whichever one matches your XFree86 installation:  xfree86-base  
or xfree86-base-threaded .  In your case you  don't want either of  
them.

> Reinstalling Apple's X11 is not an option because I deleted the beta3  
> installer.  Any help
> would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Carol
>
> -- 
> ======================================================================
> Carol Kankelborg                           | There are 10 kinds of  
> people: those who
> cck...@al...         |  understand binary and those who  
> do not.
>
>
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