Re: [Fink-beginners] Can't fix GCC after Repair Permissions

[Robert T W. <rob...@ma...>]

Martin Costabel wrote:
> Robert T Wyatt wrote:
> []
>> I'm tempted to go back and do an 'archive and install' to save myself 
>> some time and frustration later, but I'm kind of curious about what 
>> else will turn up.
> 
> For the xcode tools it is a good idea to run the uninstall script in 
> /Developer/Tools/ first before installing a new version. While upgrading 
> the rest of OSX didn't give me problems (at least on the level of the 
> list of installed files), I have several times in the past seen problems 
> with upgrading the dev tools.
> 

Yes, regarding that: I had run the XCode 2.5 uninstall.pl script at one 
point and the XCode 3.0 uninstall.pl at another point (they're 
different), but in neither case did I restart until after trying to 
reinstall the new XCode. Now, both uninstallers recommend a restart 
after the new installation and that is what I did. I don't know whether 
it's possible that restarting immediately after running the uninstall 
scripts and prior to reinstalling the devtools would have helped.

On the other hand, I did try to install XCode 2.5 after the OS upgrade 
without realizing that the one on the DVD was newer than the one on 
dev.apple.com. So maybe that was sufficient to screw things up. In any 
case, maybe the one on the web ought to be the newest one....