Re: [Fink-beginners] fink self update function not working in Mac OS 10.12

[Alexander H. <ale...@gm...>]

> On Nov 8, 2017, at 14:06, Charles L Medler <clm...@co...> wrote:
> 
> See at bottom
>> On Nov 8, 2017, at 4:40 PM, Alexander Hansen <ale...@gm... <mailto:ale...@gm...>> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 8, 2017, at 12:10, Charles L Medler <clm...@co... <mailto:clm...@co...>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Great help! But not there yet.
>>> 1) tried fink reinstall fink first - failed:
>>> /sw/fink/ 11 > fink reinstall fink
>>> Password:
>>> Scanning package description files
>>> not a reference at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 1887.
>>> 
>>> 2) created a new link:
>>> ran:
>>> /sw/fink/ 14 > sudo ln -s 10.9-libcxx  10.12
>>> Result:
>>> /sw/fink/ 15 > ls -lt
>>> total 56
>>> lrwxr-xr-x    1 root  wheel    11 Nov  8 15:03 10.12 -> 10.9-libcxx
>>> -rw-r--r--    1 1001  1001     11 Nov  8 13:02 TIMESTAMP
>>> lrwxr-xr-x    1 root  wheel     5 Nov  8 11:38 dists -> 10.12
>>> drwxr-xr-x  141 root  wheel  4794 Nov  8 11:38 debs
>>> drwxr-xr-x    8 root  wheel   272 Feb 26  2016 10.9-libcxx
>>> lrwxr-xr-x    1 root  wheel    11 Feb  1  2016 10.11 -> 10.9-libcxx
>>> drwxr-xr-x    8 root  wheel   272 Jul 31  2015 10.7
>>> lrwxr-xr-x    1 root  wheel     4 Oct 24  2014 10.10 -> 10.7
>>> -rw-r--r--    1 root  wheel    11 Mar 17  2004 VERSION
>>> -rw-r--r--    1 root  wheel  1607 Aug 20  2002 README
>>> 
>>> 3) tried fink reinstall fink again:
>>> ~/ 17 > fink reinstall fink
>>> Scanning package description files..........
>>> Information about 8885 packages read in 9 seconds.
>>> WARNING: your info file index has not been updated for 620 days. You should run 'fink selfupdate' to get the latest package
>>> descriptions.
>>> Failed: no package found for specification 'fink’!
>>> 
>> 
>> That’s not good at all.  
>> 
>>> 4) ran fink selfupdate:
>>> ~/ 18 > fink selfupdate
>>> /usr/bin/rsync -az -q  rsync://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//TIMESTAMP <rsync://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo//TIMESTAMP> /sw/fink/TIMESTAMP.tmp
>>> I will now run the rsync command to retrieve the latest package descriptions. 
>>> /usr/bin/rsync -rtz --delete-after --delete -q   --include='10.12/' --include='10.12/stable/' --include='10.12/stable/main/' --include='10.12/stable/main/finkinfo/' --include='10.12/stable/main/finkinfo/*/' --include='10.12/stable/main/finkinfo/*' --include='10.12/stable/main/finkinfo/**/*' --include='10.12/' --include='10.12/stable/' --include='10.12/stable/crypto/' --include='10.12/stable/crypto/finkinfo/' --include='10.12/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*/' --include='10.12/stable/crypto/finkinfo/*' --include='10.12/stable/crypto/finkinfo/**/*' --include='VERSION' --include='DISTRIBUTION' --include='README' --exclude='**' 'rsync://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo' '/sw/fink/ <rsync://distfiles.master.finkmirrors.net/finkinfo'%20'/sw/fink/>'
>>> Scanning package description files..........
>>> Information about 8885 packages read in 0 seconds.
>>> Failed: Can't call method "is_installed" on an undefined value at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/SelfUpdate.pm line 288.
>>> 
>>> So now what? Any suggestions?
>>> Again - thanks for your responses thus far!
>>> Chuck
>>> 
>> 
>> What does “fink -V” return?  It kind of looks like you’re using a version of fink which doesn’t know about 10.12.
>> 
>> 
> Here it is:
>  19 > fink -V
> Package manager version: 0.39.2
> Distribution version: selfupdate-rsync Wed Nov  8 15:04:27 2017, 10.12, x86_64
> Trees: local/main stable/main stable/crypto local/injected
> 
> Copyright (c) 2001 Christoph Pfisterer
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> 
> (Sorry about the off-list email earlier - I grabbed your email from the message.)
> Chuck
>> 
> 

Ah, that explains why it’s not working; fink-0.41.0 was where we introduced 10.12 support.  What happens if you use “sudo apt-get install --reinstall fink”?