Re: [Fink-beginners] cannot install / update after last selfupdate.

[David F. <da...@ix...>]

I have 2 'stupid' ideas to propose, since this doesn't seem to be an obvious fix.

First one:
Use sudo or su and move /sw to something like /sw2 to keep it safe
and then reinstall fink and selfupdate it.
Perhaps, maybe, something went wrong in the process before and it got corrupted...
At least this way you can test whether this is a Fink error or something more local.

I know, when I was installing Fink, I had to replace Apple's tar with a different version of tar just to get it to work...

Second one:
A tad more drastic is to create a new user and reinstall fink.

I'm not a Fink expert, but, what can it hurt to try my ideas..