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

[Charles L M. <clm...@co...>]

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> On Nov 8, 2017, at 5:11 PM, Alexander Hansen <ale...@gm...> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Nov 8, 2017, at 14:06, Charles L Medler <clm...@co... <mailto: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
>> Copyright (c) 2001-2015 The Fink Package Manager Team
>> This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
>> but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
>> MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
>> GNU General Public License for more details.
>> 
>> (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”? 
> 
Here we go:
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 20 > sudo apt-get install --reinstall fink
Password:
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Sorry, re-installation of fink is not possible, it cannot be downloaded.
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0  not upgraded.
1 packages not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used.
Setting up fink (0.39.2-101) ...
Checking system... i386-apple-darwin16.4.0
Use of uninitialized value $gcc in regexp compilation at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Services.pm line 1348.
Use of uninitialized value $gcc in concatenation (.) or string at /sw/lib/perl5/Fink/Bootstrap.pm line 164.
This system was not released at the time this Fink release was made.  Prerelease versions of Mac OS X might work with Fink, but there
are no guarantees.
Use of uninitialized value $distroot in string eq at /sw/lib/fink/postinstall.pl line 164.
Use of uninitialized value $distroot in string at /sw/lib/fink/postinstall.pl line 170.
/bin/mv /sw/fink/10.12 /sw/fink/10.12.old

WARNING: An unexpected file or directory /sw/fink/10.12 was found,
and was moved to /sw/fink/10.12.old .	It will be deleted the next time
fink is updated, unless you have deleted it yourself before then.

Use of uninitialized value $distroot in concatenation (.) or string at /sw/lib/fink/postinstall.pl line 196.
ln -s  /sw/fink/10.12
Use of uninitialized value $distroot in concatenation (.) or string at /sw/lib/fink/postinstall.pl line 203.
ln -s 10.12 /sw/fink/dists
Use of uninitialized value $selfupdatetree in concatenation (.) or string at /sw/lib/fink/postinstall.pl line 236.
Scanning package description files

W: Couldn't stat source package list file: local/main Packages (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_local_main_binary-darwin-x86%5f64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list file: stable/crypto Packages (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_stable_crypto_binary-darwin-x86%5f64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list file: local/injected Packages (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_local_injected_binary-darwin-x86%5f64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list file: local/main Packages (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_local_main_binary-darwin-x86%5f64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list file: stable/crypto Packages (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_stable_crypto_binary-darwin-x86%5f64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: Couldn't stat source package list file: local/injected Packages (/sw/var/lib/apt/lists/_sw_fink_dists_local_injected_binary-darwin-x86%5f64_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)
W: You may want to run apt-get update to correct these problems
~/ 21 > 

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I am running OS 10.12.3. Is that not compatible with fink?
Chuck