Re: [Fink-beginners] version problems?

[Alexander K. H. <ak...@fi...>]

John Hurst wrote:
> I've just rebuilt Mac OSX version 10.4 on a dual G4 processor (no  
> updates as yet), and downloaded fink 0.8.1-PowerPC-Installer, which  
> is the appropriate version to use according to
>
>    http://www.finkproject.org/download/index.php?phpLang=en
>
> Yet when I run the installer, it pops up a window saying "This fink  
> installer is for OS X 10.4 only".
>
> Umm, this is clearly wrong, but what is my part in that?
>
> cheers,
> --John Hurst
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>   
For some reason known only to Apple, a version string the Fink installer 
uses gives "10.4" rather than "10.4.0" for OS 10.4.0, and this causes an 
error.

If I recall correctly, the 10.3 -> 10.4 transition was sufficiently ugly 
that a later version of 10.4.x was already released by the time the Fink 
project released the 0.8.0 installer, and so this problem wasn't 
immediately noticed (until 0.8.1, in fact).  It's been fixed in the 
scripts that generate the installers now, but a new installer release 
hasn't been made since that.

You'll just need to upgrade to a later 10.4.x version.

-- 
Alexander K. Hansen
Fink User Liaison/Documenter
ak...@fi...